The mean, which is also known

as the average, is the total sum

of values in a sample divided by
the number of values in your
sample.[1]  For example, to
figure out a grade at the end of a
course, you calculate the mean
of all of your test scores.  If you
scored a 95%, 90%, 97%, and
92% on tests,  your mean test
score would be:

Mathematically the mean is the

sum of the values in a set divided
by the number of values in the
set.  For a given set of n values,
one can add together all of the
values in the set then divide by n
to find the mean.
The mean can be used to
represent the typical value and
therefore serves as a yardstick
for all observations.

The mean can be calculated only

for numeric variables, no matter
if they are discrete or
continuous. It's obtained by
simply dividing the sum of all
values in a data set by the
number of values. The
calculation can be done from raw
data or for data aggregated in a
frequency table.

Mean implies average and it is

the sum of a set of data
divided by the number of data.
Mean can prove to be an
effective tool when comparing
different sets of data; however
this method might be
disadvantaged by the impact of
extreme values.

The mode or modal value of a

data set is the most frequently
occurring value. It's a measure
of central tendency that tells you
the most popular choice or most
common characteristic of your
sample.

The mode is the most common

element in the set or the value
that happens the most
often. In the first data set (4, 5, 6,
8, 8, 9, 23), the number 8 occurs
twice, which is more common
than any of the other numbers,
so the mode of the data set is 8.
One can have more than one
mode as well as no mode for
a dataset. In the data set (2, 3, 3,
5, 5, 7, 7), there are three modes
as 3, 5, and 7 all appear
twice, which is more than two,
which only appears once. This
dataset would be said to
be trimodal. If there were two
modes, the dataset would be
bimodal, and if there were more
than three modes to the dataset,
then the dataset would be
multimodal. In a different dataset
of (6, 7, 8, 9), no number
appears more frequently than the
others, so there is no mode to
the data set.

The median is the middle value

of a set of numbers. The
median is the same as the 50th
percentile for the set of numbers.
In other words, the median is the
middle of a set of
numbers with half of the values
less than the median and half the
values greater than the median.
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The median is the value in the

middle of a data set, meaning
that 50% of data points have a
value smaller or equal to the
median and 50% of data points
have a value higher or equal to
the median. For a small data set,
you first count the number of
data points (n) and arrange the
data points in increasing order.

For example, in a data set of {3,

13, 2, 34, 11, 26, 47}, the sorted
order becomes {2, 3, 11, 13, 26,
34, 47}. The median is the
number in the middle {2, 3, 11,
13, 26, 34, 47}, which in this
instance is 13 since there are
three numbers on either side.

The frequency (f) of a particular

value
is the number of times the
value occurs in the data. The
distribution of a variable is the
pattern of frequencies, meaning
the set of all possible values and
the frequencies associated with
these values. Frequency
distributions are portrayed as
frequency tables or charts.

To calculate frequency, divide
the number of times the event
occurs by the length of time.

The min is simply the lowest

observation, while the max is
the highest observation.
Obviously, it is easiest to
determine the min and max if the
data are ordered from lowest to
highest.

Percentages. One of the most

frequent ways to represent
statistics is by percentage.
Percent simply means "per
hundred" and the symbol used
to express percentage is %. One
percent (or 1%) is one hundredth
of the total or whole and is
therefore calculated by dividing
the total or whole number by
100.

It helps in comparing and

reviewing the results and
progress. It plays a crucial role
in comparing and contrasting
various topics. Hence, it helps
draw a comparative analysis of
various subjects or issues. The
percentage is used to evaluate
extensive data and hence
presents an accurate value.

Percentage is calculated by
taking the frequency in the
category divided by the total
number of participants and
multiplying by 100%. To
calculate the percentage of
males in Table 3, take the
frequency for males (80) divided
by the total number in the sample
(200). Then take this number
times 100%, resulting in 40%.
In statistics, the range is the
spread of your data from the
lowest to the highest value in
the distribution. It is a
commonly used measure of
variability. Along with measures
of central tendency, measures of
variability give you descriptive
statistics for summarizing your
data set.

Range, which is the difference

between the largest and
smallest value in the data set,
describes how well the central
tendency represents the data. If
the range is large, the central
tendency is not as representative
of the data as it would be if the
range was small.

The range in statistics for a given

data set is the difference
between the highest and lowest
values. For example, if the
given data set is {2,5,8,10,3},
then the range will be 10 – 2 =
8. Thus, the range could also be
defined
as the difference between the
highest observation and lowest
observation.

To calculate the range, you need

to find the largest observed
value of a variable (the
maximum) and subtract the
smallest observed value (the
minimum).