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Mean Median Mode Range Interquartile Range

The document defines and provides examples for several statistical measures: The mean is the average of all values, calculated by summing the values and dividing by their count. The median is the middle value when values are ordered from lowest to highest. For even counts, the median is the average of the two middle values. The mode is the most frequently occurring value; some datasets have multiple modes. The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values. The interquartile range describes the spread of the middle 50% of values, calculated as the difference between the first and third quartiles (Q1-Q3).

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Mean Median Mode Range Interquartile Range

The document defines and provides examples for several statistical measures: The mean is the average of all values, calculated by summing the values and dividing by their count. The median is the middle value when values are ordered from lowest to highest. For even counts, the median is the average of the two middle values. The mode is the most frequently occurring value; some datasets have multiple modes. The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values. The interquartile range describes the spread of the middle 50% of values, calculated as the difference between the first and third quartiles (Q1-Q3).

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Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Interquartile Range

Mean

The ‘Mean” is the average of a set of numbers.

The "Mean" is computed by adding all of the numbers in the data together and dividing by the number
of elements contained in the data set.

Example: Data Set = 2, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3


Number of Elements in Data Set = 7
Mean = ( 2 + 5 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 4 + 3 ) / 7 = 5

Median

The “Median” is the middle value of a set of ordered numbers.

The "Median" of a data set is dependent on whether the number of elements in the data set is odd or
even. First reorder the data set from the smallest to the largest. If the number of elements is odd, then
the Median is the element in the middle of the data set. If the number of elements is even, then the
Median is the average of the two middle terms.

Example: Odd Number of Elements


Data Set = 2, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3
Reordered = 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9 - the middle term is 5
Median = 5

Example: Even Number of Elements


Data Set = 2, 5, 9, 3, 5, 4
Reordered = 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 9 - the middle terms are 4 and 5
Median = ( 4 + 5 ) / 2 = 4.5 - the median is the average of the two middle terms

Mode

The "Mode" for a set of data is the value that occurs most often.

It is not uncommon for a data set to have more than one mode. This happens when two or more
elements occur with equal frequency in the data set.

Example: One Mode


Data Set = 2, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3
Mode = 5

Examples: Two Modes


Data Set = 2, 5, 2, 3, 5, 4, 7
Modes = 2 and 5

Example: Three Modes


Data Set = 2, 5, 2, 7, 5, 4, 7
Modes = 2, 5, and 7
Range

The "Range" is the difference between the largest value and smallest value in a set of data.

First reorder the data set from smallest to largest then subtract the first element from the last element.

Example:
Data Set = 2, 5, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3
Reordered = 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9
Range = ( 9 - 2 ) = 7

Interquartile Range

The “Interquartile Range” is the difference between smallest value and the largest value of the middle
50% of a set of data.

The "Interquartile Range" is from Q1 to Q3:

To find the interquartile range of a set of data:

 First put the list of numbers in order


 Then cut the list into four equal parts
 The quartiles are the “cuts”
 The interquartile range is the distance between the two middle sets of data

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