Which statement best describes the purpose of a simple imputation method in a dataset with missing values?

Which statement best describes the purpose of a simple imputation method in a dataset with missing values?

• A. To replace missing values using simple strategies such as mean for numeric data or mode for categorical data.
• B. To delete rows with missing values.
• C. To replace missing values with random values only.
• D. To signal missingness without changing data values.

Answer: (C)