This lesson considers important numerical summaries for measures of center and spread, including the mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation, to describe univariate, quantitative (numeric) data.
Sample Topics
- U.S. Presidents
- Hitchcock films
- Battery lifetimes
- Bowling scores
Lesson Targets
- Calculate numerical measures of center
- Determine which measure of center may be more appropriate
- Calculate numerical measures of spread
Materials Included
- Lesson overview with instructor's notes
- Activity sheet containing 5 exercises
- Activity answer key
- Minitab data sets