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Foundations Chapter 1
Central Tendacy
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10/09/2006

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Central Tendency
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An estimate of the center of a distribution of values. The most sual measures of central tendency are the mean, median, and mode. pg. 213
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Mean
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or average is probably the most commonly used method of describing central tendency. To compute the mean, all you do is add up al the values and divide by the number of values.
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Median
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is the score found at the exact middle of the set of values.
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Mode
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is the most frequently occurring value in the set of scores. pg. 214
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