Chapter 12

Measures of Central Tendency

Mean, median, mode and range of a set of data — with an interactive exercise.

The measures of central tendency describe the "middle" of data: mean, median and mode. The range shows the spread.

Mean = total ÷ number of values · Median = middle of ordered data · Mode = most frequent · Range = largest − smallest.

Remember

  • Order the data before finding the median.
  • Range = maximum − minimum.

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