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How do I decide which measure of central tendency to use?

How do I decide which measure of central tendency to use?

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A common struggle for novice statisticians is choosing a measure of central tendency that is most appropriate in a given situation. It depends on the type of data you have and some basic data distribution characteristics. If your data values are categories or descriptive words (e.g., political party, eye color, the country where you were born), the mode is your best option. Categorical data is information that fits into finite options in which only one option can be true at…

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What is the median and how do I use it?

What is the median and how do I use it?

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The median is another measure of central tendency representing the “middle score” in a set. It’s the point in a score distribution in which 50% of the scores fall below it and 50% fall above it. The median is usually represented by Md. but can sometimes be represented by M. Computing the median is a two-step process: List all the scores in order, starting with the highest value and progressing to the lowest. For example: 100, 88, 76, 65, 40, 25,…

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