Measures of Centre and Spread (VCE SSCE General Mathematics): Flashcards

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Measures of Centre and Spread
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Median

Middle value in ordered data set

Median position for nn values

(n+12)\left(\frac{n+1}{2}\right)th position

Range RR

Largest data value - smallest data value

Q1Q_1 definition

Value with 25% of data below, 75% above

Q3Q_3 definition

Value with 75% of data below, 25% above

IQR formula

Q3Q1Q_3 - Q_1

Mean formula using \sum notation

xˉ=xn\bar{x} = \frac{\sum x}{n}

Use median when distribution is

Skewed or has outliers

Use mean when distribution is

Symmetric with no outliers

Standard deviation symbol

ss

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