Learning Objectives:
Describe and calculate the arithmetic mean from data.
Describe and calculate the median from data.
Interpret the mean and median as sensitive and resistant.
Describe the mode from data.
Explain the best measure of center with respect to the shape of the distribution.
Learning Objectives:
Calculate and interpret the range from data.
Calculate the variance and standard deviation from data using technology.
Interpret the standard deviation from data.
Use the standard deviation to interpret Chebyshev’s inequality.
Understand and Interpret the empirical rule for bell-shaped data.
Learning Objectives
Determine and interpret z-scores.
Determine and interpret percentiles.
Determine and interpret quartiles.
Determine and interpret interquartile range as a measure of dispersion.
Identify the relevant statistics to use based on the shape of the distribution.
Learning Objectives
Determine and interpret the 5-number summary.
Identify outliers.
Create and interpret boxplots.