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3.1 Measures of Central Tendency Mean
Parameter vs. Statistic
MyStatLab Ch3 Classwork #1 MyStatLab #2 Mean, Median and Mode
Intro to GeoGebra
MyStatLab #3 Mean or Median? Shape of a Distribution based on
mean and median
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3.1 3.2 Mean stdev with Geogebra day 2.notebook December 15, 2017
Which measure of central tendency?
Mode
For each of the following situations, determine which
measure of central tendency is most appropriate and justify
your reasoning.
a) Average price of a home sold in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
in 2016
b) Most popular major for students enrolled in a statistics
course
c) Average test score when the scores are distributed
symmetrically
d) Average test score when the scores are skewed right
e) Average income of a player in the National Football
League
f) Most requested song at a radio station
Range overall variation
(highest data value lowest data value)
does not show how much other values vary from one
another or from the mean.
How to find the standard deviation of the
following sample of test scores by hand
Stats Symbols this far:
Scores: 90, 82, 96, 92, 20
1 Make chart of data & calculate the sample mean
Population Sample
90 76
82 76
96 76
92 76
20 76
Sum this column to find the
standard deviation (or the
average distance from the
mean) of the test scores.
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3.1 3.2 Mean stdev with Geogebra day 2.notebook December 15, 2017
How to find the standard deviation of the
following sample of test scores on calculator
Scores: 90, 82, 96, 92, 20
MyStatLab #4 Sample variance and standard deviation
Empirical Rule SAT Math scores have a bellshaped distribution with
a mean of 518 and a standard deviation of 114.
a) What percentage of SAT scores is between 404
and 632?
b) What percentage of SAT scores is less than 404
or greater than 632?
c) What percentage of SAT scores is greater than 746?
MyStatLab #5 Empirical Rule MyStatLab #5 Empirical Rule