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The mean cannot be used with ordinal data. The best measure of central tendency for ordinal data is usually the median.
A common example of ordinal data is the scale you see in many surveys. 1=Strongly disagree; 2=Disagree; 3=Neutral; 4=Agree; 5=Strongly agree.
The mean would have not meaning here ( no pun intended)
The median is simple the middle value. The mode does have meaning.
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