Measurement of Central Tendency

Question 1

How to find the mode?

Answer 1

To find the mode, find the score or category that occurs most often in a distribution.
The mode can be easily found by inspection, rather than by computation. For instance, in
the set of scores 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 6, 5, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3, the mode (Mo) is 1, because it is the number
that occurs more than any other score in the set (it occurs four times).

Question 2

The most commonly used measure of central tendency and defined as the sum of a set of scores divided by the total number of scores in the set.

Answer 2

Mean (x̄)

Question 3

The most frequent, most typical, or most common value in a distribution

Answer 3

Mode (Mo)

Question 4

Best measure of central tendency if your data is negatively skewed

Answer 4

Median

Question 5

The middlemost point in a distribution

Answer 5

Median (Mdn)

Question 6

What is the median formula

Answer 6

Position of median = N+1/2

Question 7

Is a quantitative method of splitting up a set of ranked data into 10 equally large subsections

Answer 7

Decile

Question 8

What are the different measurement of central tendency

Answer 8

• Mode
• Median
• Mean

Question 9

A division of observations into four defined intervals based on the values of the data and how they compare to the data set

Answer 9

Quartile

Question 10

A statistical tool that seeks to describe the entire data set using a single value, which serves as a representation of the middle or center of the data distribution

Answer 10

Measurement of Central Tendency

Question 11

What is the formula for quartile

Answer 11

n+1/4

Question 12

What is the formula for mean?

Answer 12

x̄ = ΣX/N

x̄ = mean
g = sum
X = raw score in a set of
scores
N = Number of scores

Question 13

What is formula for decile

Answer 13

n+1/10

Question 14

What is the formula in getting the median of grouped data

Answer 14

H-L/2