It is called central tendency because it represents the averages. Central tendency has three measurements: # Mean # Mode # Median
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Measures of central tendency are averages. Range , the difference between the maximum and the minimum, is a measure of dispersion or variation.
If the distribution is positively skewed distribution, the mean will always be the highest estimate of central tendency and the mode will always be the lowest estimate of central tendency. This is true if we assume the distribution has a single mode.
Yes. Central tendency is the way data clusters around a value. Even if the distribution of the value is skewed, the median would be the best indicator of central tendency because of the way the data is clustered.
The outlier 57 affects the measure of central tendency by increasing the numbers and making the problems difficult.
no it is a measure of dispersion.