central tendency

the middle or center point of a set of scores. The central tendency of a sample data set, for instance, may be estimated by a number of different statistics (e.g., mean, median, mode).

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Psychology term of the day

April 27th 2024

collective

n. any aggregate of two or more individuals, especially a larger, spontaneous, and relatively short-lived social grouping such as a crowd or mob. A collective often includes individuals who are dispersed over a wide area and have no direct contact with one another but who nonetheless display common shifts in opinion or action.