I have seen most of the Research papers will calculate Mean for Gender
as Gender is Categorical variable only we can calculate percentage as it comes under Nominal scale
the following article is showing please confirm
How Authoritarian Leadership Affects Employee's Helping Behavior? The Mediating Role of Rumination and Moderating Role of Psychological Ownership"
Dear Madasu Sukanya,
Gender is a typical categorical variable which just identifies/labels the respondents as either male or female. With categorical/nominal scale, the only arithmetical operation we can do is counting which enables us to find the frequency. Based on the frequency, we can compute percentages. However, computing mean for categorical data is meaningless.
@Madasu Yes you're right that many studies report mean value for Gender as well but in my opinion, it's senseless to report mean value for Gender.
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