What is standard deviation?
The distance of a set of data points from the mean or how we measure the spread of the data.
Find the median of the following data: 16, 17, 14, 26, 20
17
What is the S.D. if the variance is 9?
3
Find the range of the following data: 16, 14, 17, 20, 26
Set A: 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4 Set B: 3, 6, 8, 9, 1, 9, 1 Which data set would have the smaller standard deviation? How can you tell? (no calculations needed)
Set A because the numbers are closer together
Find the midrange of the following data: 20, 26, 14, 16, 17
20
What is the variance if the S.D. is 6?
36
What type of mode does the following data have?
14, 16, 17, 20, 26
No mode
What type of mode does the following data have?
14, 16, 17, 20, 26, 16, 17, 14, 20
Multi-modal