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Definition of central tendency in English: central tendencynoun Statistics The tendency for the values of a random variable to cluster round its mean, mode, or median. Example sentencesExamples - McCall and Simmons note that ‘cultures are, not all that simple or homogeneous… the best conceptual models of cultures can only state correctly the central tendencies of ranges of variation.’
- Descriptive analysis was performed on the returned questionnaires with response mode as the measure of central tendencies.
- The revised projections are then reported as a range, listing the high and low values for each item, and as a central tendency that omits extreme forecasts and is meant to be a better representation of the consensus view.
- The arithmetic mean is useful, but it is not sufficient to describe a population because of the range of values from the central tendency.
- Medians offer information on the central tendency of responses, and an item with a high median indicates that all panelists gave that item a high rating.
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