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What is the mean?
The average
what is a strength of using the mean?
+ highly representative —> uses all values
what is a weakness of the mean?
easily distorted by extreme values
what is the median?
The middle value
what is a strength of the median?
not effected by extreme values
what is a weakness of the median?
less sensitive than the mean
what is the mode?
most frequent data
what is bi-modal data?
there are two modes
what is a strength of using the mode?
useful when data is in categories
what is a weakness of the mode?
can be unprepresentative

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Central tendencies

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