Central tendency is a measure of the center of a set of data. The most common measures are the mean, median, and mode.
- Mean: The arithmetic average is calculated by adding together all the values in a data set and dividing by the number of values in that set. This can be expressed as
- Median: The median is found by arranging all the values in a data set in order from smallest to largest and finding the value that divides them into two halves; if there are an even number of values, then the median will be one less than their mean. This can be expressed as
- Mode: The mode is found by arranging all the values in a data set from smallest to largest and finding which value appears most frequently.
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