Measures of Central Tendency-2023
Measures of Central Tendency-2023
Tendency
Lesson Objectives
• Review the terms: statistic and parameter;
• Discuss the basic concepts of measures of
center;
• Discuss the properties and uses of central
tendency; and
• Solve problems concerning the measures of
central tendency.
Parameter is a numerical
measurement describing some
characteristic of a population.
Statistic is a numerical
measurement describing some
characteristic of a sample.
A measure of center/ central
tendency/central location is …
•A value at the middle of a data set
•Measure of average
•Describes and summarizes the data
set
The Mean (Arithmetic Mean)
• Is the measure of center found by adding the data
values and dividing the total by the number of data
values.
• Sample Mean Population Mean
Χ = Σx/n μ = Σx/N
What do these symbols represent?
Σ
X
n
N
Notation
Σ denotes the sum of a set of data values
X variable usually used to represent the
individual data value
n represents the number of data values in a
sample
N represents the number of data values in a
population
Sample Problem
The data below represent the annual
chocolate sales (in billion dollars) for a
sample of six countries in the world. Find the
mean.
2.0 4.9 6.5 5.1 3.2 16.6
Solution:
Χ = Σx/n = (2.0+4.9+6.5+5.1+3.2+16.6)/6
= 38.3/6
= $6.38 billion