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    This document describes common measures used to summarize data sets, including mode, median, mean, range, and standard deviation. It provides a sample data set of 20 student spelling quiz scores and instructions to calculate these descriptive statistics for the data. A histogram is also to be created to display the distribution of scores.

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    Descriptive Statistics

    Psychology Computer Lab Name


    PsychSim Section
    Date

    Descriptive Statistics

    This module describes the common measures of central tendency and variability, and demonstrates their use in
    summarizing a set of data.

    The numbers below represent the scores of a group of students on a spelling quiz. Use them in performing the
    required calculations.

    3, 8, 7, 8, 4, 3, 8, 7, 4, 9, 7, 5, 5, 7, 4, 7, 9, 7, 3, 5

    Distribution of Scores

    1. Sort the scores, that is, arrange them in order from lowest to highest.

    2. Create a frequency distribution and display this as a histogram.

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Scores

    Measures of Central Tendency


    Descriptive Statistics

    3. Calculate the following statistics for the scores given.

    Mode:

    Median:

    Mean:

    Range:

    Standard deviation:

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