S W 318 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Central Tendency, Percentile
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Example: 3, 45, 16, 25, 67, 72, and 34. The mode would be 72 because it is the highest frequency in the distribution. Example of an odd number case: 2, 5, 12, 17, 21, 37, 42. The median would be 17 because it is the value in the very center of the distribution. Example of an even number case: 2, 5, 12, 17, 21, 37, 42, 56. There are two values in the center of this distribution. This means we have to add the two values up and divide the sum by two to get the average for our median. This means our median for this distribution is 19. Example: 2, 5, 9, 12, 15, and 23. Mean a measurement of central tendency that is obtained by adding up all the scores and dividing by the total number of scores. Measures of central tendency categories or scores that describe what is average or typical of the distribution.
