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ALX - Descriptive Statistics - Reference Card 3585

This reference card outlines key concepts in data aggregations and descriptive statistics, focusing on measures of central tendency such as mean, median, and mode. It also discusses measures of spread including standard deviation, interquartile range, quartiles, variance, and range, providing formulas and examples for each. These statistical tools help summarize and describe datasets effectively.

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ALX - Descriptive Statistics - Reference Card 3585

This reference card outlines key concepts in data aggregations and descriptive statistics, focusing on measures of central tendency such as mean, median, and mode. It also discusses measures of spread including standard deviation, interquartile range, quartiles, variance, and range, providing formulas and examples for each. These statistical tools help summarize and describe datasets effectively.

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Data aggregations and descriptive statistics

Measures of central tendency


A single value that seeks to describe a set of data by identifying the typical value.

Mean Median Mode


The value that identifies the centre by calculating The value that is exactly in the middle of a set of The value that appears most frequently in the
the arithmetic average of all the data points. values after we have ordered the values from dataset.
smallest to largest.
Commonly used when the data do not contain Commonly used when the data are categorical. That
outliers since the mean is very sensitive to outliers. Commonly used when the data contain a lot of is, the data contain a fixed number of groups.
outliers.
=AVERAGE(value1, [value2, ...]) =MODE(value1, [value2, ...])
=MEDIAN(value1, [value2, ...])
Sum of all data points
Mean = { 5, 1, 5, 8, 5, 1, 5 } Mode = 5
Number of data points { 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16 } Median = 8
1+3+5+8+10+13+16
= =8
7

Measures of spread
Describe how far the values of a dataset lie from each other and from the mean, median or mode.
A measure of spread gives us an idea of how well the mean, for example, describes the data.

Standard deviation Interquartile range Quartiles


Measures the amount of variation that exists in the The value that measures the spread of the middle The quartiles segment the data distribution into four
dataset by calculating the difference between half of the data. equal quarters, with the median being in the middle
all data points and the mean. of these quartiles.
Assesses the variability of the middle 50% of the
=STDEV(value1, [value2, ...]) data, where we assume the majority of the values lie. =QUARTILE(data, quartile_number)

=QUARTILE(data, 3) - QUARTILE(data, 1) Q1 Median Q2


SUM(x - mean) x = Each number in the set
2

n n = total number of items in the set Q1 Median Q2


σ =
2

{ 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22 } 17 - 5 = 12


{ 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 22 }
Variance
Range
Measures the amount of variation that exists in the
dataset by calculating the difference between all The value that measures the spread by considering
data points and the mean. the difference between the smallest and largest
values.
=VAR(value1, [value2, ...])
=MAX(value1, [value2, ...])
- MIN(value1, [value2, ...])
SUM(x - mean) x = Each number in the set
2

σ =
2

n n = total number of items in the set


{ 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16 } 16 - 1 = 15

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