Difference between mean median and mode in tabular form
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Mean, median and mode are all different terms of central tendency or the average but they are all different from each other. A comparison of the three is therefore necessary. Let us suppose there are a set of five observations - 1, 1, 2, 5, and 6.
The mean is what most people call the average and it is found by adding all these numbers and dividing it with the number of observations: 1+1+2+5+6 = 15/5 = 3.
The median on the other hand is one where half the values are below and half the values are above. In our above observation set, the median is 2 because there are 2 observations (5 and 6) greater than 2 and two (1 and 1) which are less than 2, making it the median.
The mode is the observation that is repeated the maximum number of times. therefore in our observation set it is 1 because 1 is the only number that occurs twice, making it the mode.