Empirical Relation Between Measures of Central Tendency
Three central tendencies are related to each other by the empirical formula which is given as follows:
2 × Mean + Mode = 3 × Median
Formula is used to calculate one of the central tendencies when two other central tendencies are given.
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Central Tendency in Statistics- Mean, Median, Mode
Central Tendencies are the numerical values that are used to represent a large collection of numerical data. These obtained numerical values are called central or average values. A central or average value of any statistical data or series is the variable’s value representative of the entire data or its associated frequency distribution.
Some commonly used measures of central tendency are:
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
Table of Content
- Mean Definition
- Mean for Ungrouped Data
- Mean for Grouped Data
- Types of Mean
- Properties of Mean (Arithmetic)
- Median
- Median of Ungrouped Data
- Median of Grouped Data
- Mode
- Mode of Ungrouped Data
- Mode of Grouped Data
- Empirical Relation Between Measures of Central Tendency