Field Work Paper 2 Flashcards
1
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Interquartile range is useful because
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It reduces the influence that extreme results known as outliners will have on the data set. A low interquartile range suggests that most of the results were very similar
2
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Median is useful in datasets because
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It helps to understand the spread of the data set. If the mean and median are similar it indicates the data is evenly spread from the lowest to the highest values
3
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Mode is
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The most common number in a data set
4
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Interquartile range is calculated by
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Interquartile range = upper quartile - lower quartile
5
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Median Is
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The middle number in a set
