MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY Flashcards
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MEAN
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MEDIAN
is the most commonly used in measure of central tendency
MEAN
the midpoint of the data array. It will be either a specific value or between TWO VALUES.
MEDIAN
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SUMMATION
It is the value that oculrs most often in the dataset. The number / value or observa Hun in a data set which appears the most number of times-
MODE
the number that appeared the most
UNIMODAL
a set of data with two modes
BIMODAL
It has 3 modes
TRIMODAL
having several or many modes
MULTMODAL
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TOTAL FREQUENCY
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FREQUENCY
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CLASS MARK
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PRODUCT OF FREQUENCY AND CLASS MARK
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TOTAL FREQUENCY
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LOWER BOUNDARIES OF MEDIAN CLASS
fmc
FREQUENCY OF MEDIAN CLASS
cw
CLASS WIDTH
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CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
D2
DIFFERENCE OF MODAL CLASS AND CLASS SUCCEEDING IT.
D1
DIFFERENCE OF THE MODAL CLASS AND CLASS PRECEDING IT.
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LOWER BOUNDARIES OF MODAL CLASS
a measure of vulnerability of a set of data numbers that conveys the idea of spread for the data ret
MEASURES OF DISPERSION
it measures the distance between the smallest values and as such, given on idea of the spread of data set
RANGE