Download App

Measures of Central Tendency — Economics STD 11 Commerce — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsMeasures of Central Tendency1 Mark
Question
Which average would be suitable in the following cases?
When the sum of absolute deviations from average is least.
✓

Answer

The properties of arithmetic mean indicate that the sum of the deviations of the observations from their arithmetic mean is always zero. So, the arithmetic mean measure will be a more appropriate central tendency to measure the average when the sum of absolute deviations from average is least.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Explore more

More "1 Marks Question" from Measures of Central Tendency→Measures of Central Tendency — all question types→Economics STD 11 Commerce question papers→CBSE Board STD 11 Commerce question papers→CBSE Board question paper generator→

Similar questions

How is coefficient of range calculated?
→
What is meant by extension of demand ?
→
What do you understand by 'line of equal distribution'?
→
Define macroeconomics.
→
What will be the elasticity of demand for goods to which the consumer is habituated?
→
What is meant by consumption?
OR
What is consumption?
→
What does the Consumer Price Index for industrial workers measure?
→
Classify the following as implicit and explicit cost:
Own land being used as a godown for keeping excess stock.
→
Ayaan wants to collect information from respondents residing in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Name any two methods of data collection which can be used by him effectively.
→
What do you understand by organization of data?
→