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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Flashcards

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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

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the use of graphs, tables and summary statistics to identify trends and analyse sets of data

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MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

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the general term for any measure of the average value in a set of data

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MEAN

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the arithmetic average calculated by adding up all the values in a set of data and dividing by the number of values there are

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MEDIAN

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the central value in a set of data when values are arranged from lowest to highest

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MODE

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the most frequently occurring value in a set of data

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