1.

After we drop k% of the values from each end of a ranked

Data set, the mean of the remaining values is called the k%

trimmed mean.

2. When different values of a data set occur with different

frequencies, that is, each value of a data set is assigned

different weight, then we calculate the weighted mean to

find the center of the given data set.

symmetric histogram and frequency distribution

with one peak (see Figure 3.2), the values of the mean,

median, and mode are identical, and they lie at the center of

the distribution.

A numerical measure such as the mean, median, mode,

range, variance, or standard deviation calculated for a

population data set is called a population parameter, or

simply a parameter.

A summary measure calculated for a sample data set is

called a sample statistic, or simply a statistic.