Measures of central tendency

• What are the three measures of central tendency?

  Mean, median, and mode
• How do you calculate the mean?

  Add all numbers and divide by total
• What is the definition of median?

  The middle number in ordered data
• How do you find the median in a data set?

  Order numbers from smallest to biggest
• What is the mode in a data set?

  The most common number
• Why is the mode important in statistics?

  It identifies the most frequent value
• How do mean, median, and mode differ in their calculations?

  Mean uses all values, median is middle, mode is most frequent