TINKERPLOTS – MEAN (II)

1. DATA ENTRY

Open a new Tinkerplots document.

Drag a CASES icon to the worksheet.
Click on the ATTRIBUTE label and enter WAGE.
Type in the following values, pressing TAB to move to the next case.

$770 $680 $4600 $865 $740 $845 $790

2. ANALYSIS

Drag a PLOT icon to the worksheet and enlarge the figure by clicking and dragging
one of the corners.
Click and drag the WAGES label to the horizontal axis.
Click on and drag one point to the right until a linear scale appears on the horizontal
axis.
Click on the two “average” measures – mean and median – on the PLOT toolbar. A
triangle represents mean and an inverted T represents median.
To see values more clearly, select VERTICAL REFERENCE LINE

Comment on the measures for this data.

Click on the outlying value.

Select PLOT / HIDE SELECTED CASES.

Comment on what has happened now.