maths skills Flashcards
1
Q
what are descriptive statistics?
A
ways of summarising data from research
2
Q
what are the measures of central tendency?
A
mean
median
mode
3
Q
how might a mean calculate a misleading figure?
A
there may be extremes or an anomaly that skew the result
4
Q
what are measures of dispersion?
A
range
standard deviation
5
Q
what is standard deviation?
A
measure of dispersion that shows the spread of scores around the mean.
