MEAN, MEDIAN,MODE AND

OTHER MEASURES OF POSITION

PROPERTIES OF THE MEAN
• The mean is always a unique value in any set of data
• The mean is associated with the interval/ratio data
• The mean is strongly influenced by the extreme values in a
set of data
• The mean is the most reliable measure of central tendency
PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIAN
• Like the mean, the median is also a unique value in any set of data
• The median is associated with ordinal data
• The median value is not affected by the extreme values
• The median is only a function of the middle values (even or odd) or
the average of the two middle values (when n is even) when the data
are arranged from the highest value to the lowest value or vice versa
• The median is a positional measure
PROPERTIES OF THE MODE
• The mode is not affected by the extreme values
• It may not exist
• If the mode exists, it may not always be unique
• In finding the mode, we do not consider all the values in the
distribution
• The mode is associated with nominal data