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Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency
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1. An experiment
2. An interview
3. A questionnaire (open questions)
4. A questionnaire (closed questions)
5. A correlation
6. A structured observation
7. An unstructured observation
What do you need to know?
The average calculated by adding up all the values in a set of data and
dividing by the number of values there are
5 + 7 + 7 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 14 + 15 + 17 = 107
107 ➗ 10 = 10.7
Mean
The middle value in a data set when scores are arranged from lowest to
highest
Median = 10.5
Median
The mode is the most frequently occurring score/value within a data set
In some data sets there may be two modes (bi-modal) or no mode if all scores
are different
The mode here would be 7 which is not representative of the data set
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
Energy 110 59 206 89 76 141 152 98 198 57
drink
Water 122 45 135 90 42 87 131 113 129 62
1. Calculate the mean, median and mode for the Energy drink condition and
the water condition. Give all answers rounded to the nearest whole
number.
2. What can you conclude from these calculations?
Measures of central tendency
Median This is the Unaffected by a few extremes, Ignores most of the scores (so is less
middle score. because it focuses on middle. representative).