MATH 4

THE ARITHMETIC MEAN

by Abe-Abe, Tupas, Hawan
 involves the collection,

STATISTICS organization, summary,

presentation and
interpretation of data.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
the branch of statistics that
involves the collection,
organization, summarization and
presentation of data.
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
the branch that interpret and
draws conclusions from the data.
 Suppose Elle is a senior at a university. In a few months
she plan to graduate and start a career as a landscape
architect. A survey of the landscape architects from last
year's senior class show that they received job offers with
the following yearly salary.

$43,750 $39,500 $38,000 $41,250 $44,000

Before Elle interviews for a job, she wishes to
determine an average of these 5 salaries.
This average should be a "central" number around
which the salaries cluster.
Consider three types of averages: arithmetic mean,
the median, and the mode.
Each of these averages is a measure of central
tendency for numerical data.
 MEASURE OF
IMPORTANT
CENTRAL TENDENCY
A single value that lets us know what is
describes the way in normal or 'average' for
which a group of data a set of data.
cluster around a central condenses the data set
value. down to one
In other words, it is a representative value.
way to describe the allows to compare one
center of a data set. data set to another.
 most commonly used
measure of central
tendency.
ARITHMETIC to find the mean for a set

MEAN
of data, find the sum of
the data values and
divide by the number of
data values.
Mean = ($43,750 + $39,500 + $38,000 + $41,250 +
$44,000) / 5

= $206,500 / 5 = $41,300

The mean suggests that Elle can reasonably expect a

job offer at a salary of about $41,300.
In statistics, it is often necessary to find the sum of a
set of numbers.
The traditional symbol used to indicate a
summation is the Greek letter sigma:
The summation notation denotes the sum of all the
numbers in a given set.
 POPULATION SAMPLE
the whole set of items only a portion or subset
from which a data of the population data.
sample can be drawn.
EXAMPLE:

The 6 friends are a sample of a population of 20 students.

With the given data, find the mean of their grades.

92, 84, 65, 76, and 88

SOLUTION:

The mean of these scores is 82.5

CHECK YOUR PROGRESS:

A doctor ordered 4 separate blood tests to measure a

patient's total blood cholesterol levels. The results were:

245, 235, 220, and 210

Find the mean of the blood cholesterol levels.

SOLUTION:

The mean of these scores is 227.5