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Which measure of central tendency is defined as 'the sum of all values divided by the number of values'?

Class 9StatisticsStatistics and Probability
  • AMean
  • BMedian
  • CMode
  • DRange

Step-by-Step Solution

The arithmetic mean = sum of observations / number of observations. Median is the middle value, mode is the most frequent, and range is max minus min.
Answer: A) Mean

Key idea: Median — the middle value

**Step 1**: Arrange data in ascending order.
**Step 2**: Count items (n).
**Step **: If is ODD, median is the value at position .
**Step **: If is EVEN, median is the average of values at positions and .

**Example odd . Position . Median = 7.

**Example even . Positions 2 and 3 → values 6 and 8 → median = .

Median is the right choice when there are extreme outliers, since it's not pulled by them like the mean is.

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