REQUISITES OF MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

JEROME KUJUR
MBA(IB)
FMS BHU
ROLL NO 15
CENTRAL TENDENCY
DEFINATIONS

Central tendency is a statistical measure that

determines a single value that accurately describes the
center of the distribution and represents the entire
distribution of scores.

According to Crum and Smith An average is

sometimes called a central tendency because individual
values of variables cluster around it.
VARIOUS TYPES ARE
-:
KIND OF
STATISTICAL
AVERAGES

MATHEMATIC POSITIONAL
AL AVERAGES AVERAGES

SIMPLE WEIGHTED
ARITHMETIC ARITHMETIC MEDIAN MODE
MEAN MEAN
Requisites of a Measure of Central Tendency
The following are the few requirements to be satisfied by an average or a measure of
central tendency:

It should be rigidly defined The definition of an average should be clear and rigid so
that there must be uniformity in its interpretation by different decision- makers or
investigators. There should not be chance for applying discretion; rather it should be
defined by an algebraic formula.

It should be based on all observations To ensure that it should represent the entire
data set, its value should be calculated by taking into consideration the entire data set.

It should be easy to understand and calculate The value of an average should be

computed by using a simple method without reducing its accuracy and other advantages.

It should have sampling stability The value of an average calculated from various
independent random samples of the sample size from a given population should not vary
much from another. The least amount of difference(if any) in the values is considered to
be the sampling error.
 It should be capable of further algebraic treatment The nature of the average should
be such that it could be used for statistical analysis of the data set. For example, it should
be possible to determine the average production in a particular year by the use of average
production in each month of that year.

It should not be unduly affected by extreme observations The value of an average

should not be unduly affected by very large observations in the given data. Otherwise the
average value may not truly represent characteristics of the entire set of data.
 QUESTIONS- 1

1 4 3 5 5 2 5 4 3 2 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 5 2

A1 police station kept records of the number of road traffic accidents in

their area each day
for3 100
3 days.
2 6 The2 1 6 1below
figures 2 2give3 the
2 2 2 2 of5 accidents
number 4 4 2 per day.

3 1 4 1 7 3 3 0 2 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 5

4 4 6 5 2 4 5 5 3 2 0 3 3 4 5 2 3 3 4

4
Find the mean number of accidents per day.
1 3 5 1 1 2 2 5 6 6 4 6 5 8 2 5 3 3 5

4
No. of TALLY FREQUENCY( No. of Accidents
Accident( f) Frequency=(fx)
x)
0 |||| 4 0 4 0
1 |||| |||| 10
2 |||| |||| |||| |||| || 22
3 |||| |||| |||| |||| ||| 23
4 |||| |||| |||| | 16
5 |||| |||| |||| || 17
6 |||| | 6
7 | 1
8 | 1
TOTAL f =100 fx=323

Mean number of accidents per day =fx/f

=323/100
= 3.23
 CONCLUSION

A measure of central tendency is a measure that tells us where the middle of a

bunch of data lies.

Mean is the most common measure of central tendency. It is simply the sum of
the numbers divided by the number of numbers in a set of data. This is also known
as average.
REFRENCE

1. Buisiness statistics J.K. Sharma

2. Comprehensive Economics S.A. Siddiqui