Measures Of Central Tendency & Spread

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One Variable Statistics - Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Spread

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the mean (correct to 2 decimal places)

Explanation
Add them all up and divide by the number of items.

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the median

Explanation
Find the middle value. (in this case halfway between the two middle values)

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the mode

Explanation
The most common value

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q1

Explanation
Q1 is the median of the lower half of the data

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q2

Explanation
Q2 is the median of the whole list

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q3

Explanation
Q3 is the median of the upper half of the data

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find IQR

Explanation
IQR = Q3 - Q1

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Range

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Range = Max - Min

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Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Standard Deviation (correct to 2 decimal places)

Explanation
First find the sum of all the x squared values (565), subtract the count (12) times the mean (6.5833333) squared, then divide by the count (12), and finally take the square root.

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Measures Of Central Tendency & Spread

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the mean (correct to 2 decimal places)

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the median

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find the mode

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q1

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q2

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Q3

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find IQR

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Range

Use the following set of data for all the questions:{4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,9,11}Find Standard Deviation (correct to 2 decimal places)