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Can someone give me a definition of Measure of center? Also, some facts/properties about it, example, and a non-example. Please? Thanks!​

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Answer:

A measure of central tendency (measure of center) is a value that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position of the data set (as representative of a "typical" value in the set). We are familiar with measures of central tendency called the mean, median and mode.

Explanation:

Some facts/properties are:

1. There are three measures of the “center” of the data. They are the mode, median, and mean. Any of the values can be referred to as the “average.” The mode is the data value that occurs the most frequently in the data

2. And to find the measure of center:

The two most widely used measures of the “center” of the data are the mean (average) and the median. To calculate the mean weight of 50 people, add the 50 weights together and divide by 50 . To find the median weight of the 50 people, order the data and find the number that splits the data into two equal parts.

3. The four measures of center are mean, median, mode, and midrange. ... Example: The median of 1, 3, 5, 5, 5, 7, and 29 is 5 (the number in the middle). Mode – The mode is the number that repeats most often in a data set. It's seldom used in statistics as a reliable measure of center.

I hope this helps :)

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