Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Arithmetic Mean

A

Location of a frequency distribution

Add up and divide by amount of numbers

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2
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Median

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3
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standard deviation expressed as a percentage of the mean

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Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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4
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the span of the middle half of the data, from the first quartile to the third quartile

Divides dataset into two

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Interquartile Range (IQR)

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5
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Which describes the center of the data more accurately, mean or median?

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The median reflects better when the dataset is skewed or asymmetrical

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