central tendency
noun
,
Statistics.
1.
the tendency of samples of a given measurement to cluster around some central value.
Compare
measure of central tendency
.
Origin
1925-30
Examples from the web for
central tendency
The
central tendency
excludes the three highest and three lowest projections for each variable in each year.
Results revealed three patterns of
central tendency
in the responses.
First, a
central tendency
in evaluative response to the individual poems at each grade level was evident.
The statistical methods presented in this workbook focus on the display of
central tendency
, statistical tests, and correlation.
They will also calculate measures of
central tendency
.
British Dictionary definitions for
central tendency
central tendency
noun
1.
(
statistics
) the tendency of the values of a random variable to cluster around the mean, median, and mode