"central tendency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: central tendencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} central tendency (plural central tendencies)
  1. (statistics) A central or typical value for a probability distribution. Categories (topical): Statistics Derived forms: measure of central tendency Translations (Translations): النَزْعَة المَرْكَزِيَّة (alt: an-nazʕa(t) al-markaziyya) (Arabic), tendència central [feminine] (Catalan), keskiluku (Finnish), tendance centrale [feminine] (French), Lagemaß [neuter] (German), Lageparameter [masculine] (German), tendensi sentral (Indonesian), kecenderungan memusat (Malay), tendência central [feminine] (Portuguese), merkezi eğilim (Turkish)

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