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CENTRAL TENDENCY
MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
(54+54+54+55+56+57+57+58+58+60+60 = 623)
54, 54, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 58, 60, 60
DISADVANTAGE OF MEDIAN
The median cannot be identified for categorical
nominal data, as it cannot be logically ordered.
MODE
The mode is the most frequent score in our
data set. On a histogram it represents the
highest bar in a bar chart or histogram. You
can, therefore, sometimes consider the mode
as being the most popular option.
Consider this dataset showing the retirement age of
11 people, in whole years:
54, 54, 54, 55, 56, 57, 57, 58, 58, 60, 60
Age Frequency
54 3
The most commonly occurring
55 1
value is 54, therefore the mode
56 1
of this distribution is 54 years.
57 2
58 2
60 2
ADVANTAGES OF MODE
DISADVANTAGE OF MODE
The are some limitations to using the mode. When the
distribution of retirement age is ordered from lowest to
highest value, it is easy to see that the center of the
distribution is 57 years, but the mode is lower, at 54
years.