MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY Flashcards

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An observation or score which represents or typifies a distribution. It is generally referred as average.

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MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

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measure of central tendency which is obtained by taking the sum of all the observations and dividing the sum of all the observations.

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ARITHMETIC MEAN

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3
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Positional average.

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MEDIAN

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4
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An observation that divides a distribution into two
halves.

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MEDIAN

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5
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Middle value in a set of data.

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MEDIAN

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6
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Nominal Average

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MODE

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7
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The value in a distribution with the highest
frequency

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MODE

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the value that is repeatedly occurring in a given set. We can also say that the value or number in a data set, which has a high frequency or appears more frequently.

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MODE

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MODE

A set of data may have one mode (_______), two mode (_________), three or more (__________) and no mode at all

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unimodal
bimodal
multimodal

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