RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A set of data is given:3, 7, 11, 11, 16Jesse calculated a measure of center and got 9.6, which measure of center did he just calculate?
A
Mean
B
Median
C
Mode
D
Range
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There are three measures of the “center” of the data. They are the mode, median, and mean. Any of the values can be referred to as the “average.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest. The mode is the number that occurs most often in a data set.

Detailed explanation-3: -The median is the middle number in an ordered data set. The mean is the sum of all values divided by the total number of values.

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