The management board of a small mental hospital is budgeting to re-plan facilities for patients, and needs to decide on how to apportion funds to fit the needs of various disorders. They find that in...

The management board of a small mental hospital is budgeting to re-plan facilities for patients, and needs to decide on how to apportion funds to fit the needs of various disorders. They find that in the past six months they have had the following pattern of admissions: eight patients with anxiety disorders, 41 with mood disorders, 35 with schizophrenia, four with substance-abuse disorders, and eight with cognitive disorders. What measure of central tendency would you use to identify a ‘typical’ patient at the hospital? Why?