Monday, December 7, 2009

Variability and Statistical Analysis

On Friday we looked at the measures of central tendency.

Median-Known in the calculator as med. "The middle number when ascending or descending." If the middle of the data is 2 numbers, the median is the average of those 2 numbers.

Mean- Know in the caclulator as an x with a line over it(x bar). "The sum of all the x-values divided by n"
it = SIGMA x
n
Mode-Known in the calculator as mode. The most frequently occuring. Note that the mode may not exist, or there may be multiple modes.

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