Question

what is the role of central tendency in research?

Answer 1

A measure of central tendency is a single value that describes the way in which a group of data cluster around a central value. To put in other words, it is a way to describe the center of a data set. There are three measures of central tendency: the mean, the median, and the mode.

Answer 2

Central tendency:

• It is a descriptive description of a dataset represented by a single value.
• It represents the data distribution's centre.  
• Central tendency is a subfield of descriptive statistics.  
• It represents the variability of a dataset's dispersion.

Role of central tendency in research:

• Researchers can use central tendency measurements to find the usual numerical point in a data set.
• Any sample's data points are dispersed across a range of values from lowest to highest.  
• Measures of central tendency show researchers where the data distribution's centre value is.