| MAT 200 Statistics | |||||||||
| Module 4: Describing Data from One Variable | |||||||||
| Reading Assignment (Hawks): | Chapter 4: Describing Data From One Variable | ||||||||
| Video Lecture | Objectives: After completing this chapter, you should be able to | ||||||||
| Power Point Overview | 1. Summarize data using measures of central tendency, such as the mean, | ||||||||
| Class Notes | median, mode and midrange. | ||||||||
| Sample Problems | 2. Describe data using measures of variation, such as the range, variance, | ||||||||
| Mini-Lectures (Excel 2007) | and standard deviation. | ||||||||
| Typical Exam Questions | 3. Identify the position of a data value in a data set, using various | ||||||||
| measures of position, such as percentiles, deciles, and quartiles. | |||||||||
| 4. Use the techniques of exploratory data analysis, including box-and- | |||||||||
| whisker plots and five-number summaries, to discover various aspects | |||||||||
| of data. | |||||||||