What is not a Measure of Central Tendency in the following graph?

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E. Stanley, Technical writer, Indianapolis

Answered Jul 17, 2018

Measures of central tendency determine a value that is most likely to occur. Now this can be described by three different values. The arithmetic mean present you with an approximate answer that is close to the central value and hence is a good indicator of the central tendency. The mode is the most commonly occurring value and is again an indicator of central tendency.

The median is the middle value of the group and often it lies around the central value. This gives it a good value as an indicator of central tendency. However, the geometric mean wanders off from the central tendency and is not a good measure of the central tendency.

Anika Nicole, Wordsmith, PG In Journalism, New York

Answered Jul 10, 2018

Geometric Mean is not a Measure of Central Tendency.

There are three types of Measures of Central Tendency. Let's talk about them one-by-one:

1. Arithmetic Mean: It is the total sum of all observations of a data set divided by the total number of observations. It is also called arithmetic average.

2. Median: It is the middle value in the given data set after arranging them in ascending or descending order.

3. Mode: Mode is the most common value that occurs in the distribution.