Measures Of Central Tendency and Dispersion Flashcards
1
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Measures of central tendency
A
The general term for any measure of the average value in a set of data
2
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Mean
A
Add up, divide by the number of items
3
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Median
A
The middle value
4
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Mode
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Most frequently occurring
5
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Measures of dispersion
A
The general term for any measures of the spread or variation in a set of scores
6
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Range
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Biggest minus smallest value
7
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Standard deviation
A
How much scores deviate from mean
