Ohio Christian University Measures of Central Tendency Discussion

Explain measures of central tendency.

Measures of central tendency are the building blocks on which inferential statistics are built. These allow the researcher to compare groups quickly and easily with simple computations. The central tendency of a group of scores are typical or representative of all scores in a group. The mean, median, and mode all measure the center of a group of scores but each defines “center” differently.

• Read Chapter 2 of your text.
• Review the video at the following link. Mean, Median, and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency: Crash Course Statistics #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn83BA7cRNM&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNM_Y-bUAhblSAdWRnmBUcr&index=4
• Discuss why you would choose one measure of central tendency over another. In what situation would each measure of central tendency be considered and why? State an example with your answer.
• Two to three paragraphs needed for this assignment