descriptive statistics Flashcards by Lily Alford

Q

list the measures of central tendency

A

mean
median
mode

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Q

list the measure of dispersion

A

range
standard deviation

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Q

what do the different standard deviations mean?

A

small SD = data is close to the mean
large SD = the data is away from the mean

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