MEASURES OF CENTRAL LOCATION

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  • Measures of Central Tendency

    Measures of the location of the middle or the center of a distribution
  • The definition of "middle" or "center" is purposely left somewhat vague so that the term "central tendency" can refer to a wide variety of measures
  • Measure of central tendency
    A single value that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position within that set of data
  • Measures of central tendency
    • Measures of central location
    • Summary statistics
  • Measure of central tendency
    Measure that tells us where the middle of a bunch of data lies
  • Three most common measures of central tendency
    • Mean
    • Median
    • Mode