central tendency

noun Statistics.

the tendency of samples of a given measurement to cluster around some central value.
Compare measure of central tendency.

Origin of central tendency

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby central tendency

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British Dictionary definitions for central tendency

central tendency

noun

statistics the tendency of the values of a random variable to cluster around the mean, median, and mode