statistics Flashcards
describe how to find out the mean
add all the values together and divide them by the amount of terms in the list.
describe how to find out the median
sort the numbers in ascending order and;
- if the amount of numbers are odd, the
median it the number in the middle
- if the amount of numbers are even, the
median is the mean of the two middle
values.
describe how to find out the range
range = maximum - minimum
describe the probability of an event
number of favourable outcomes
p = ———————————————–
total number of outcomes
describe how to find out the mode
the value that appears most frequently in a set of data
describe two independent events of a and b
p ( a and b ) = p(a) x p(b)