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Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Statistical Methods
3. Descriptive Statistics
Axis
title
Axis
labels
Column Dairy 25 21 22
%’s all Fruit and Veg 20 11 14
sum to
100% Total 100 100 100
These kind
of values are
known as an
outliers
Mean = 160.3
Median = 160
Modal interval
= 160-169.9
Mode = 0
Mean = 1.6
Median = 1
Inter-quartile
range = 45.75
Standard deviation = 34.6
Peter
Samuels
Reviewer:
Ellen
Marshall
www.statstutor.ac.uk
Birmingham
City
University
University
of
Sheffield
Frequency distribution of Height
with measures of spread indicated
Range = 68.0
Mean = 160.3
Lower quartile
Upper quartile
= 153.0
= 167.0
Inter-quartile
range = 14.0
Standard
deviation = 11.1
Peter Samuels Reviewer: Ellen Marshall
www.statstutor.ac.uk
Birmingham City University University of Sheffield
Frequency distribution for Tooth Fillings
with measures of spread indicated
Range = 30
Mean = 1.6
Standard deviation = 2.9
Lower quartile = 0
Upper quartile = 2
Inter-quartile range = 2
Mean = 3.1
Standard deviation = 5.1
Inter-quartile
range = 8.75
Upper
quartile
Median
Lower
quartile
Some of the
outliers with
row numbers
Extreme
outliers with
row numbers
Minimum and
lower quartile
have same
value
Figure
shows
number
of Tooth
Fillings
against
Height