Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
understand and use standard symbols and notation: for the pth value in a data set when the values are written in order, the sample lower and upper quartiles and the sample median, the sample mean and the standard deviation
understand that data can have a pattern which may be represented graphically
understand that the standard deviation and the interquartile range are measures of the dispersion in a data set
understand that the median and the interquartile range are more resistant measures than are the mean and the standard deviation
identify an overall 'feel' for data and the way it is distributed by constructing appropriate graphical displays.
OpenLearn - Exploring data: graphs and numerical summaries
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