A statistic for data from a continuous variable that summarise what it says: central location. Typically the mean or median. Central location and spread are two very basic summaries for continuous variables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mean<\/a>
Median<\/a>
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Distribution shape<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nDates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n