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Tazate · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Explain why it is necessary to have more than one standard procedure for defining and measuring central tendency.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is the purpose for obtaining a measure of central tendency?

What will be an ideal response?

pocatato · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

No single method for measuring central tendency will produce a good, representative value in every situation. Although the mean works well in most situations, there are circumstances in which the mean is not representative or cannot be calculated.

Answer to Question 2

The purpose of a measure of central tendency is to identify the center of the distribution and find the single score that best represents the entire distribution.