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Behavioral Statistics in Action Book Cover Image
Behavioral Statistics in Action, 3/e
Mark W. Vernoy, Palomar College
Diana J. Kyle, Fullerton College

Measures Of Central Tendency

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The Data Applet
(http://www.stat.uiuc.edu/~stat100/java/DataApplet.html)

Students can interact with this applet by selecting the dataset and computing measures of central tendency or boxplots and comparing with the applet answer.
Teaching Applets by Vestac
(http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/ucs/java/index.htm)

Many applets that demonstrate central tendency. Interactive and nicely done Boxplots are also drawn.
The Mean and Median Simulations and Demonstration by Rice Virtual Lab
(http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/descriptive/index.html)

The demonstration begins with an applet and demonstrates mean and media. By changing the histogram, the central tendency can be modified.