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Chap 1.2b Notes
Chap 1.2b Notes
Chap 1.2b Notes
Part 1
Chap. 1 Sec. 2b
Measuring Spread
Range Percentiles
Highest – Lowest Represents the
Simplest measure of percent of data values
spread that fall below a given
Can be greatly value
affected by outliers The median is the 50th
percentile
Five-number Summary
A way to summarize the data based on
Quartiles
Divides the data into four equal groups
VALUES:
1. Minimum Value
2. Q1 = First Quartile Interquartile Range:
3. Median Middle 50% of data
4. Q3 = Third Quartile IQR = Q3 – Q1
5. Maximum Value
Box Plot