ROUNDING NUMBERS
SCALES OF MEASUREMENT
SYMBOLS
MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
100

4.7890

4.79

100

YES OR NO 

NOMIMAL
100

SD OR s 

Standard deviation

100

DO WE USE THE RANGE?

NO, NOT REALLY

200

10.100000

10.10

200

CHILDREN BORN IN THE US IN 2022

INTERVAL



200

GREEK E SYMBOL

SUM EVERYTHING AFTER THE SYMBOL

200

+/- 1SD TELLS US 

68% OF THE DATA LIVES HERE

300

.56789

.57

300
FAVORITE FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM

ORDINAL

300

M

MEAN

300

+/- 2 SD TELLS US

ABOUT 95% OF THE DATA LIVES HERE

400

3.9890

3.99

400

WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR? 

BROWN, BLONDE, BLACK, AUBURN, OTHER

ORDINAL

400

m

meter-we do not use this symbol!

400

+/-3 SD TELLS US

ABOUT 99.7% OF THE DATA LIVES HERE

500

57.64321

57.64

500

HOW MANY CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE?

RATIO

500

n

sample size

500

WHAT IS VARIANCE?

HOW SPREAD OUT THE DATA IS

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