Friday, June 1, 2012

Mode

Median

outliers

A value that "lies outside" (is much smaller or larger than) most of the other values in a set of data.

range

The difference between the lowest and highest values.

In {4, 6, 9, 3, 7} the lowest value is 3, and the highest is 9, so the range is 9-3 = 6.

mode

The mode is the number that is repeated more often than any other

median


    The median is the middle value, so I'll have to rewrite the list in order:
      13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 16, 18, 21
    There are nine numbers in the list, so the middle one will be the (9 + 1) ÷ 2 = 10 ÷ 2 = 5th number:
      13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 16, 18, 21
    So the median is 14

mean


    The mean is the usual average, so: (13 + 18 + 13 + 14 + 13 + 16 + 14 + 21 + 13) ÷ 9 = 15