h4><span class="header-section-number">1.4.1.1</span> Measures of location</h4>
<p>There are three common measures of location: the mean, median, and mode. Let’s consider each in turn.</p>
<p>The <strong>mean</strong> is the average of a set of values, computed by adding all the values up and then dividing this sum by the total number of values. More formally, the mean of a variable <span class="math inline">\(Y\)</span> is usually denoted by drawing a straight line over the variable (i.e. as <span class