Mean, Mode, Median
Given the data set
{13, 3, 10, 9, 7, 10, 12, 8, 6, 3, 9, 6, 11, 5, 9, 13, 8, 7, 7}
find the mean, median and mode.
Enter the data into a list (spreadsheet). Label column A to be "data" (or any name you choose). (See Lists and Spreadsheets for entering data.) |
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Find the Mean and Median: Method 1: (fast and easy) mean({3, 4, 5}, {1, 2, 3}) gives an answer of 13/3.
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Syntax: median(List[ ) |
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The choice "Open Variable Statistics" yields the following results back to the spreadsheet columns. One column will "label" these values, while the following column will contain the actual results.
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When prompted for the
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Find the Mode: (While there is no specific calculator function to find the mode, the calculator is helpful in ordering the data so that you can find the mode easily.) Sort the data into ascending or descending order to help find the mode.
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Once the data list has been sorted, you can easily examine the list to see which value(s) Each of these values appears 3 times |
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