Using Mean and Standard deviation Flashcards
Module 3: Handout 6, handout 7
When is a data value considered unusual?
When it is more than 2 standard deviations from the mean
How to calculate whether a data is unusual?
1) Calculate the mean of the data set
2) Find the standard deviation
3) Both subtract and add 2 stand deviations from the mean
4) ((sample mean -/+ 2(standard deviation))=The lowest or highest number that would not be considered unusual)
5) Anything past the lowest and highest answer would be considered unusual
Empirical or Standard deviation rule (68-95-99.7% rule)
one standard deviation needs 68% of data sets to be included, two SD needs 95%, three SD needs 99.7%
what does a z-score do?
It measures the distance of a data point from the mean of the data in standard deviation form
z-score formula
z=(x-(x with a line above it))/s
x with a line above it
sample average
lower case s
standard deviation for a sample
omega symbol
standard deviation for a population