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Box Plot, Skewness, Kurtosis
Box Plot, Skewness, Kurtosis
skewness,
kurtosis
Median
Lower
Quartile
Upper
Quartile
Box Plot
25% 25%
25% 25%
50% 50%
How to Construct Box Plot
• A: Min = 50
Q1 = 65
Med = 70
Q3 = 80
Max = 100
• B: Min = 40
Q1 = 60
Med = 70
Q3 = 85
Max = 100
Box Plot Vs Histogram
Exercise 1
Match each histogram with its box
plot.
Mean Moments
1
Ungrouped Data: 𝑚𝑟 = σ 𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥ҧ 𝑟 , 𝑟 = 1, 2,3, …
𝑛
1
Grouped Data: 𝑚𝑟 = σ 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 − 𝑥ҧ 𝑟 , 𝑟 = 1, 2,3, …
𝑛
Skewness
Skewness is a measure of symmetry, or more precisely, the lack
of symmetry. A distribution, or data set, is symmetric if it looks
the same to the left and right of the center point.
Lepto-kurtic
Meso-kurtic Platy-kurtic
Measures of Kurtosis
𝑚4
𝑏2 =
𝑚2 2