Areas of Descriptive Statistics
There are four areas within the broad area of descriptive statistics. These broad areas include:
- Frequency Distributions (Unit 2)
- Measures of Central Tendency (Unit 3)
- Measures of Variability (Unit 4)
- Measures of Position (Unit 5)
- Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency describe or summarize the middle or center of a distribution. Or we might say that measures of central tendency describe or summarize the typical score within a distribution. In this unit, we will look at three measures of central tendency:
Let's take a close look at each.
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