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5.2BMeasuresofSpreadPartB

TypesofSpread
1.StandardDeviation
2.InterquartileRange
3.ZScores
4.Percentiles

MindsOn

Belowisthesampleofdataforthenumberofyearspeoplekeeptheircars.Findthe
standarddeviationandinterpretitsmeaning.

YearsHoldingontoCars
10 3

clickaboveforanswer

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Action
2.InterquartileRange

Divideasetofordereddataintofourgroupswithequalnumberofvalueslike
amedianof2groups

The3dividingpointsare:
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FirstQuartileQ1Medianofthelowerdatahalf

MedianQ2

ThirdQuartileQ3Medianoftheupperdatahalf

TheInterquartilerange=Q3Q1

Thisistherangeofthemiddleofhalfthedata

Thegreatertheinterquartilerange,thegreaterthespreadofthecentral
halfofdata
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TheSemiQuartileRange=(InterquartileRange)

Boththeserangesindicatehowcloselythedataareclusteredaroundthe
median
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Boxandwhiskerplotsillustratethequartiles

ModifiedBoxandWhiskerPlotsisusedwhendatacontainoutliers.By
convention,anypointthatisatleast1.5timestheboxlengthawayfromthe
boxisanoutlier
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Example
AnalyzethedatafromSamsmarks.Determinethemedian,thefirstquartile,third
quartile,theinterquartile,semiinterquartileanddrawaboxandwhiskerplotof
thedata.Thedataisgivenbelow:

59%,78%,93%,98%,63%,72%,81%,79%

3.ZScores
ZScorethisreferstothenumberofstandarddeviationsawayfromthemean

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Example
Fromthecasestudy,lookingatPetersmarks,whatisthezscoreofhis71%
mark?Whatdoesthismean?

DoweuseSampleorPopulation?

4.Percentiles

Percentileisthepercentageofallobservationswhicharelessthanorequalto
thatscore.

Example
Astudentisranked94thpercentile.Whatdoesthismean?

Example
Ifthereare1262studentsandSeanisrankedinthe75thpercentile,howman
studentsarerankedlessthanorequaltohim?

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