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S3.1 - Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Central Tendency
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Mathematics
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11/04/2013

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3 things to look at when looking at distribution
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1. Shape
2. Center
3. Spread
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Average
Definition
The center of a data set
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Outliers
Definition
Unusual data values
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Arithmetic mean
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Computed by determining the sum of all the values of the variable in the data set and dividing by the number of observations
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Population arithmetic mean
Definition
Computing mean (mew) using all the individuals in a population
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Sample arithmetic mean
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Computing mean (x-bar) using sample data
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Median
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The value that lies in the middle of the data when arranged in ascending order (M)
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A numerical summary of data is resistant if
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Extreme values relative to the data do not affect its value substantially
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Mean smaller than median is skewed
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Left
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Mean larger than media is skewed
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Right
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Mean roughly equal to median is
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Symmetric
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Mode
Definition
The most frequent observation of the variable that occurs in the data set
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No mode
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If no observation of a data set occurs more than once
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Bimodal
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A data set with two modes that occur in the highest frequency
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Multimodal
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A data set with three or more data values that occur in the highest frequency
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