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Central Tendency

Central Tendency . Central Tendency – measures of location for a distribution Mode – the commonly occurring number in a data set Median – the middle score in a distribution Mean – the average score . Visual Representation of the Mean.

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Central Tendency

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  1. Central Tendency • Central Tendency – measures of location for a distribution • Mode – the commonly occurring number in a data set • Median – the middle score in a distribution • Mean – the average score

  2. Visual Representation of the Mean • The numerical distance of scores below the mean is always equal to the numerical distance of scores above the mean

  3. Skew and Central Tendency • For a normal distribution, all measures of central tendency are equal • For a skewed distribution, the measures of central tendency are different

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