Tutorials and Fundamentals

A Brief Introduction to Statistical Averages

This tutorial provides an introduction to statistical averages (mean, median and mode) for beginners to the topic.

Tutorials and Fundamentals

Measures of central tendency in clinical research papers: what we should know whilst analysing them

Learn more about the measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median) and how these need to be critically appraised when reading a paper.

Tutorials and Fundamentals

The 3 defects of the median

Median has come to be known for its fair reflection in the case of outliers. However, it is not a perfect statistic. Let me tell you about 3 defects the median as a measure of average.

Tutorials and Fundamentals

The mean: simply average?

As calculating the mean is so popular it might lead to many intuitive misconceptions. Here are some precautions you can take when interpreting the mean.