JAMB Mathematics 2024 Paper

Concept:Measures of central tendency describe the center or typical value of a data set.Explanation:The main measures of central tendency are the $\text{Mean}$, $\text{Median}$, and $\text{Mode}$. They summarize a set of data with a single representative value. Measures of dispersion or spread include the $\text{Range}$, $\text{Variance}$, $\text{Standard Deviation}$, and interquartile range. These describe how spread out the data values are, not their central location. Among the given choices, $\text{Standard deviation}$, $\text{Range}$, and $\text{Variance}$ are measures of dispersion. Only the $\text{Mean}$ is a measure of central tendency.Answer:D. $\text{Mean}$