Statistics Fundamentals Course Notes
Statistics Fundamentals Course Notes
## Median: Determine the middle value in a data set and its significance.
- **Introduction**: The median is the middle value in an ordered dataset, useful
for skewed distributions.
- **Practical Example**: Dataset of ages: [22, 23, 29, 34, 34, 45, 56]. Median age
= 34.
## Mode: Identify the most frequently occurring value and its applications.
- **Introduction**: The mode is the most frequently occurring value in a dataset,
important for categorical data.
- **Practical Example**: Favorite programming languages: ["Python", "Java",
"Python", "C#", "Python"]. Mode = "Python".
## Quantiles and IQR (Interquartile Range): Explore data spread through quartiles.
- **Introduction**: Quantiles divide a dataset into equal parts, with the IQR
measuring the spread between the 25th and 75th percentiles.
- **Practical Example**: Test scores: [20, 35, 50, 60, 65, 75, 80, 90, 95]. \(Q_1 =
50\), \(Q_3 = 80\), IQR = 30.