The mean and median are two measures of central tendency. In introductory statistics many schools include the mode as another example of central tendency but the mode could well be at the end of a distribution.
The mode.
Mean, Median, and Mode
Mode
# Mean # Median # Mode
mode
Since gender is a qualitative variable, the mode is the only one of the main measures of central tendency.
In general when you take a sample of values of a random variable you will find that those values lie around some central value that is characteristic of the total population for the random variable. A measure of central tendancy (such as a sample mean, sample mode or sample median) is a statistic which is intended to estimate the central value of the population using the values in the sample in some way.
The central tendency can be summarised by the mode, median or mean. For qualitative data, only the mode is available.The central tendency can be summarised by the mode, median or mean. For qualitative data, only the mode is available.The central tendency can be summarised by the mode, median or mean. For qualitative data, only the mode is available.The central tendency can be summarised by the mode, median or mean. For qualitative data, only the mode is available.
The mode is the observation that features most often.
The mean and median are two measures of central tendency. In introductory statistics many schools include the mode as another example of central tendency but the mode could well be at the end of a distribution.
Mean median and mode
The mode.
Mean, Median, and Mode
Mode
# Mean # Median # Mode
There is no mode. One of the weaknesses of mode, as a measure of central tendency, is that there may be none, one or many modes.