Central tendency

In statistics, a central tendency (or 'measure of central tendency') is a central or typical value for a probability distribution.[1] Measures of central tendency are often called averages.[2]

The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean, the median and the mode.

References

  1. Weisberg H.F 1992. Central tendency and variability, p2. Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. ISBN 0-8039-4007-6
  2. Upton G. & Cook I. 2008. Oxford dictionary of statistics. OUP (entry for "central tendency"). ISBN 978-0-19-954145-4