Central Tendency
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Measures of central tendency help you find the middle, or the average, of a dataset. The 3 most common measures of central tendency are the mode, median, and mean.
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Mode: the most frequent value.
- Median: the middle number in an ordered dataset.
- Mean: the sum of all values divided by the total number of values.
In addition to central tendency, the variability and distribution of your dataset is important to understand when performing descriptive statistics.