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What is the main purpose of measures of central tendency?
What is the main purpose of measures of central tendency?
- To find the smallest value in a data set
- To identify the largest value in a data set
- To count the number of values in a data set
- To describe a set of data by identifying the central position (correct)
How is the mean calculated?
How is the mean calculated?
- By finding the middle value of a data set
- By adding up all the values in a data set and multiplying by the total number of values
- By adding up all the values in a data set and dividing by the total number of values (correct)
- By counting the frequency of each value in a data set
What is the median of a data set?
What is the median of a data set?
- The middle value of a data set that separates the highest and lowest values equally (correct)
- The value that appears most frequently in a data set
- The average of the highest and lowest values
- The sum of all the values in a data set
What is the mode of a data set?
What is the mode of a data set?
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What are the three most common measures of central tendency?
What are the three most common measures of central tendency?
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