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Chapter 2: Measures of Central Tendency
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That is, on average, the age of the persons in this sample is 113.5 years.
The
Basic Statistics
workbook shows the same value of 113.5 for the mean.
This is given in
Figure 2-6
. Note the original raw data was entered in the
column listed as Data 3.
Figure 2-6:
Workbook output for the Mean in
Example 2-2
Next we will discuss another measure of central tendency called the median
Note:
The mean is a unique value for any data set.
Section Review
2-3 The Median
The median allows us to get a perspective of where the middle of the data set
is located when it is displayed as an ordered array of values.
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