SAT Math Cheat Sheet

Standard Deviation in SAT Statistics

Mean is another word for “Average.” It’s calculated by adding the data up and dividing by the
number of data. There can only be one Mean per data set.
Median is the middle value when the data is ordered from low to high. There can only be one
Median per data set. If the data set has an even number of values, there will be two “middle values.”
In this case, take the average or midpoint of the two middle values to calculate the Median.
Mode is the most common data value - the value that appears the most. There can be more than one
Mode per data set.
Range is the difference between the highest and lowest values of a data set. There can only be one
Range per data set.
Standard Deviation is the average distance of the data from the data set’s average. It is a measure
of
the data’s “spread” from its own average. We do not need to calculate Standard Deviation for the
SAT, but we do need to have a working idea of what it is.