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This section defines the three most common measures of central tendency: the mean, the median, and the mode. The relationships among these measures of central tendency and the definitions given in the previous section will probably not be obvious to you.
QuickMBA / Statistics / Central Tendency. Central Tendency. The term central tendency refers to the middle value or perhaps a typical value of the data, and is measured using the mean, median, or mode. Each of these measures is calculated differently, and the one that is best to use depends upon the situation. Mean. The mean is the most commonly-used measure of central tendency. When we talk about an average, we usually are referring to the mean. The mean is simply the sum of the values divided by the total number of items in the set.