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... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > curriculum > curriculum studies > inquiry and research > quantitative research > quantitative data analysis > descriptive statistics > central tendency
... > social science subjects > social research > research methods and evaluation > quantitative research > quantitative data analysis > descriptive statistics > central tendency
... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > industrial and organizational psychology > foundations: measurement theory and statistics > descriptive statistics > central tendency

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central tendency  

Definition

  • The general term for the middle point of any score distribution, where the scores of any measurement lie between the highest and lowest scores. Central tendency is typically described with three measures: the mean, median, and mode. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Central Tendency]

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