Measures of Central Tendencies

Definition of measure of central tendency

A measure that indicates the position of a set of data and describes the whole information of the data

Definition of mode

The value with the highest frequency in a set of data

Definition of median

The value or the average of two values in the middle of a set of data arranged either in an ascending or descending order

Definition of mean

The sum of all the values of data divided by the number of data

Formula of the mean for ungrouped data

Formula of the mean for grouped data

Definition of extreme value

A value that is too small or too large in a set of data, where the value is too far from the value of the other data in the set

Definition of grouped data

Data arranged according to groups with specific class interval

Definition of class interval

The group with a specific range

Definition of modal class

The class interval with the highest frequency