RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What’s another word for median?
A
variation
B
mode
C
middle
D
mean
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some common synonyms of median are average, mean, and norm. While all these words mean “something that represents a middle point, ‘’ median applies to the value that represents the point at which there are as many instances above as there are below.

Detailed explanation-2: -Synonyms of middle. : equally distant from the extremes : medial, central. the middle house in the row. : being at neither extreme : intermediate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Median means middle. When a strip of grass divides one direction of a highway from another, it’s called a median because it runs through the middle. Median comes from the Latin word medius, which also means middle. In math, the median is a number in the middle of a list. In the set 2, 3, 5, 10, 25, the median is 5.

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