Central tendency

In statistics, a central tendency (or 'measure of central tendency') is a central or typical value for a probability distribution. Measures of central tendency are often called averages.

The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean, the median and the mode.

References

  1. ↑ Weisberg H.F 1992. Central tendency and variability, p2. Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. ISBN 0-8039-4007-6
  2. ↑ Upton G. & Cook I. 2008. Oxford dictionary of statistics. OUP (entry for "central tendency"). ISBN 978-0-19-954145-4