METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
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Question
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Measures of central tendency which has the most number of frequency in the set of scores.
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Mean
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Median
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Mode
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Frequency
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mean is generally considered the best measure of central tendency and the most frequently used one. However, there are some situations where the other measures of central tendency are preferred. There are few extreme scores in the distribution. Some scores have undetermined values.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mean is the most commonly used measure of central tendency. There are different types of mean, viz. arithmetic mean, weighted mean, geometric mean (GM) and harmonic mean (HM). If mentioned without an adjective (as mean), it generally refers to the arithmetic mean.
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