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Introduction to Statistics and Quantitative Research Methods

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Descriptive <strong>Statistics</strong> Defined<br />

What is a mean?<br />

• The sum of all the scores<br />

divided by the number of<br />

scores.<br />

• Often referred <strong>to</strong> as the<br />

average.<br />

• Good measure of central<br />

tendency.<br />

• Central tendency is simply<br />

the location of the middle in<br />

a distribution of scores.<br />

Mean

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