Measure of “central tendency
identify and discuss a measure of “central tendency,” which is our focus in Ch. 3. The three we focus on in this class are the mean, median, and mode. You don’t need to write about all three, but be sure to cite the source of your information. For instance, you could describe the mean height of Los Angeles Lakers players and link to the Wikipedia website (Links to an external site.) that lists that information. Then, perhaps you could describe why that value might be important to measure. Or as another example, you could write about the median income (Links to an external site.) in the United States, and discuss anything you want regarding that value. Importantly, you can’t use either of my two examples, since I want you to look for your own examples of measures of central tendency in the real world.
Once you submit this post, you will then have access to everyone else’s posts, at which point you must then respond to at least one other student by adding to their discussion, perhaps asking them a question, or reacting to their post in a meaningful way. There is no word limit for the response component, but as indicated in the syllabus, there must be substance to your post (simply saying “I agree with you” or “great post” or “nice job” is usually not enough to add value to the discussion).
