In two or more complete sentences, explain the relationship between the mean, median and mode.

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29 March, 04:03

In two or more complete sentences, explain the relationship between the mean, median and mode.

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Kristin Barron · Answer 1

Mean, median, and mode can be defined as three kinds of "averages". If the data are numbers:

• Mean - when you sum all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers

• Median - the "middle" value in the list of numbers (numbers sholud be listed in numerical order from smallest to largest)

• Mode - the value that occurs most often.

If the distribution is normal (symmetric histogram) then mean, median and mode are equal.

If histogram is skewed-to-the-left (negatively skewed histogram) the mean is the smallest, the mode is the biggest, and the median is between the mean and the mode.

If histogram is skewed-to-the-right (positively skewed histogram) the mean is the biggest, the mode is the smallest, and the median is between the mean and the mode.