AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A measure of central tendency (also referred to as measures of centre or central location) is a summary measure that attempts to describe a whole set of data with a single value that represents the middle or centre of its distribution. There are three main measures of central tendency: mode. median. mean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Central tendency is defined as “the statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution.”[2] It aims to provide an accurate description of the entire data. It is the single value that is most typical/representative of the collected data.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mean is generally considered the best measure of central tendency and the most frequently used one.

Detailed explanation-4: -The median is the middle value when the data are ordered from least to greatest. If the number of values is odd, the median is the middle value. If the number of values is even, the median is the average of the two middle values.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of the important examples of central tendency include mode, median, arithmetic mean and geometric mean, etc.