measures of central tendency
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Related to measures of central tendency: standard deviation, measures of dispersion
mea·sures of cen·tral ten·den·cy
(me'zhŭrz sen'trăl ten'den-sē),General term for several characteristics of the distribution of a set of measurements or values around a value or values at or near the middle of the set; the principal measures of central tendency are mean, median, and mode.
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