2.6 Measures of Spread
Measures of Spread Measures or Spread Vs. Central Tendency
Deviation
Standard Deviation A “cool” way of finding the average of the deviations. Ideas on how?
Population Standard Deviaiton
Sample Standard Deviation
Example Use means and standard deviations to compare the heights of the 2 basketball teams. FalconsRavens PlayerHeight (cm)PlayerHeight (cm) Laura183Sam166 Jamie165Shannon163 Deepa148Tracy168 Colleen146Claudette161 Ingrid181Maria165 Justiss178Amy166 Sheila154Selena166
Standard Deviation FalconsHeightDeviation, x-µ(x-µ) 2 Laura183 Jamie165 Deepa148 Colleen146 Ingrid181 Justiss178 Sheila154 SUM
Standard Deviation RavensHeightDeviation, x-µ(x-µ) 2 Sam183 Shannon165 Tracy148 Claudette146 Maria181 Amy178 Selena154 SUM
Box and Whisker Plot Divided the data into 4 equal groups. Uses Medians 1 st quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter
Example A random Survey of people at a science-fiction convention asked them how many times they had seen Star Wars. The results are as follows Make Box and Whisker Plot
Assignment Pg 148 #’s 1-3,6,7