METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
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Question
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Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate for a data that describes the heights of grade 5 students?
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Mode
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Outlier
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Mean
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Median
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mode is the measure of central tendency that is most suitable to find the average height since it represents maximum people with that height.
Detailed explanation-2: -Measures of central tendency provide the teacher with a mathematical description of how well the students are performing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The median is usually preferred to other measures of central tendency when your data set is skewed (i.e., forms a skewed distribution) or you are dealing with ordinal data.
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