24. Which of the following statements is correct? 
(A) The number closest to the average in a set of data is the median 
(B) The number closest to the average in a set of data is the mode 
(C) A set of data can have multiple modes 
(D) A set of data can have two medians
Answer: (C)
Solution: Although the mean, median, and mode are all measures of central tendency in a dataset, they are not numerically related, so (A)
and (B) are incorrect;
The mode is the number that appears most frequently in a dataset and is not necessarily unique, (C) is correct;
A dataset has only one median, so (D) is incorrect.