A researcher enters the following ages into Excel: 23, 31, 29, 27, 31, 999, 35, 28. The codebook states that 999 represents “missing.” Which approach is most appropriate before calculating the mean age?

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Exclude the coded missing value from the calculation and document the missing-value code

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Replace 999 with the maximum observed age

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Replace 999 with age 0

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Include 99 because it is an error when entered the numerical value

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