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Measures of Center
Definition | Term |
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Another name for balance point | mean |
works well for sets of data with no very high or low numbers | mean |
good choice when data sets have a couple of values much higher or lower than most of the others (outlier) | median |
good descriptor to use when the set of data has some identical values or when working with a yes or no survey (words) | mode |
Numerical average of the data set and is found by adding the numbers in the data set together and dividing the sum by the number if data pieces in the set. | mean |
The middle value of a data set in ranked order. | median |
Data that occurs the most often | mode |
Having two modes | bimodal |