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Measures of Central Tendency

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Statistics Statistics

Measures of Central Tendency

3:01 Mean & Averages
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  • A measure of central tendency is a way of describing a dataset with a single central value
  • Averages can be useful as they give a quick summary of what a dataset shows
  • The mode, median, and mean are the three main measures of central tendency
  • Averages are often used to compare different datasets
  • Different measures of central tendency can give different values for the average of a dataset
  • The choice of average should be based on the properties of the data
  • It is important to be able to choose suitable measures of central tendency and critique situations where a poor choice of average is used.

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