measures of location Flashcards

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measures of location

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  • a collection of data can have different central points (a measure of location - a central tendency
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weighted arithmetic mean

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(no. x frequency) / total of frequencies

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grouped mean

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(midpoint x frequency) / total of frequencies

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mean

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  • influenced by outliners

- more skewed data = looses its ability for the best mol and getting dragged away from the typical value

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median

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  • less affected by skewed data and outliners
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