Mean, Median ,Mode Range, and Quartiles
Measures of central tendency are numbers used to represent a set of data. Three types of measures of central tendency are
Mean
Median
Mode
Mean : The mean is the sum of the numbers in a set of data divided by the numbers of items.
Median: The median is the middle number in a set if data when the data are arranged in numerical order. If there is an even number of data, the median is the mean of the two middle numbers.
Mode: The mode is the number or numbers that appears most often, the set has no mode.
Measures of variation: are used to describe the distribution of the data. One measure, the difference between the greatest and the least data values, is called the range.
Distribution Data: The measures of variation including range describe how the data in a set vary. This is another way to describe data.
In a set of data, the quartiles are values that separate the data into four equal subsets, eachj containing one fourth of the data. Q1, Q2, and Q3 are used to represent the three quartiles. Q1 is the lower quartiles. It divides the lower half of the data into two equal parts. Q2 is the median since it separates the data into two equal parts. q3 is the upper quartile. it divides the upper half if the data into two equal parts.
