统计方法emba教案资料.pptVIP

3.2.4 The relationship between the mean, median and mode These three measures are all central tendency measures; they are same or equal when the frequency distribution is symmetric, i.e. Mean=Median=Mode . (see chart3-2, page 67) Symmetric distribution is a very frequently used concept in quantitative analysis; it has same shape on either side of the center axis. But in many cases, the distributions are asymmetrical, or skewed. The relationship between three averages changes on types of asymmetry; For negatively skewed: mode=median=mean; For positively skewed: mean= median=mode pa