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Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency
Tendency
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to
Understand the concept of measures of
central Tendency.
Calculate Mean, Median and Mode of
the data
Raise your hand Listen when your Work quietly do Be in your seat with all
to speak to the class teacher is talking not disturb others. materials when the bell rings
04 05 06
Today’s Challenge 2nd Objective Task and Activity 2nd Objective Assessment for
(Class) (Collaborative Task) Learning (Individual)
Discussion ( 3 minutes)
Measures of Central Tendency
Central Tendency = The central or average
value of data
Three main measures of central tendency:
Mean
Median
Mode
Measures of Central Tendency
Mode = Most repeated value of data
40
35
30
Frequency
25
20
15
10
5
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DV
Measures of Central Tendency
Mode =
Data Point Frequency
0 2
1 5
2 7
3 14
4 15
5 8
6 5
Measures of Central Tendency
Median = the middle number when data
are arranged in numerical order
Data: 3 5 1
Step 1: Arrange in numerical order
1 3 5
Step 2: Pick the middle number (3)
Data: 3 5 7 11 14 15
Median =
Measures of Central Tendency
Median
50
Frequency
40
30
20
10
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DV
Measures of Central Tendency
Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Measures:
Median
1. Also unaffected by extreme scores
Data: 5 8 11 Median = 8
Data: 5 8 5 million Median = 8
2. Usually its value actually occurs in the data
3. But cannot be entered into equations, because there is no
equation that defines it
4. And not as stable from sample to sample, because
dependent upon the number of scores in the sample
Measures of Central Tendency
Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Measures:
Mean
1. Defined algebraically
2. Stable from sample to sample
3. But usually does not actually occur in the data
4. And heavily influenced by outliers
Data: 5 8 11 Mean = 8
Data: 5 8 5 million Mean = 1,666,671
Measures of Central Tendency
Advantages and Disadvantages of the
Measures:
Mean
Sums/totals vs. average or mean values