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. 2011 Jul;2(3):214-5.
doi: 10.4103/0976-500X.83300.

Measures of central tendency: Median and mode

S Manikandan  1
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Measures of central tendency: Median and mode

S Manikandan. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2011 Jul.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
The relative position of the various measures of central tendency. (a) Normal distribution (b) Positively (right) skewed distribution (c) Negatively (left) skewed distribution
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