Concept information
Preferred term
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]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/central_tendency
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