23: Central Tendency – Mean, Median, Mode
Central Tendency
- Mean (Sum of scores/N)
- Most often used measure of central tendency.
- Works well with normal and relatively normal curves
- Median (50th Percentile)
- The second most used measure of central tendency
- Works best with highly skewed populations
- Mode (Most Frequent Score)
- Least used measure of central tendency
- Works best for highly irregular and multimodal distributions
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