Question

Statistical measures for locating a single score that tends to be near the center of a distribution and is most representative or descriptive of all scores in a distribution, is called:

Answer 1

Answer: Central tendency    

Explanation:

 The central tendency is one of the type of central value in the probability distribution process and it is used to for measuring the central value in the given information cluster. The following are the three main central tendency measures are as follows:

• Median
• Mode
• Mean    

According to the given question, the central tendency is one of the statistical measuring process for the purpose of locate the single score value near by the center of the distribution within the given data set.

 Therefore, Central tendency is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer: Central tendency

Explanation:

A central tendency can be defined as the central or typical value, which is considered during the probability distribution. It measures the single value ,which describes the set of data for identifying the central or mean position in the set of data. It defines the central location of the data. The other parameters are the median and modes which also locate the central tendency in the given data.

The central tendency can be used to locate a single score that can be found near the center of distribution. It is representative of all the descriptive scores in the distribution.