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    A Level Stats 3 Measures of Location Spread

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    This document defines key statistical terms and formulas for measures of location, central tendency, spread, and dispersion. It provides the formulas for mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, and how to handle coded and original data. It also describes interpolation for estimating values like the median from grouped frequency data.

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    This document defines key statistical terms and formulas for measures of location, central tendency, spread, and dispersion. It provides the formulas for mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, and how to handle coded and original data. It also describes interpolation for estimating values like the median from grouped frequency data.

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    Key words & Definitions Important formulae

    1. Measure of Location 𝛴𝑥
    A single value which describes a position in a data set. Mean: 𝑥ҧ =
    2. Measure of Central Tendency 𝑛
    A measure of location which describes the central position in a data set.
    3. Measure of Spread or Dispersion Mean from 𝛴𝑓𝑥
    𝑥ҧ =
    A value which describes how spread out the data is. Frequency σ𝑓
    4. Mean
    The sum of all the data divided by how many pieces of data there are. Includes Table:
    all pieces of data. Affected by outliers. Variance 𝜎 2 :
    5. Median Q2 ෌ 𝑥 − 𝑥ҧ 2 2
    𝛴𝑥
    The middle value when the data values are put in order. Does not include all = 𝛴𝑥 2 −
    pieces of data. Not affected by outliers. 𝑛 𝑛
    6. Mode
    The value that occurs most often in the data. Good for non-numerical data. Standard Deviation 𝜎 = Variance
    7. Modal class
    The class that has the highest frequency in grouped data.
    8. Lower Quartile Q1
    A measure of location that is one quarter of the way through the data set.
    9. Upper Quartile Q3 coding
    𝑥−𝑎
    A measure of location that is three-quarters of the way through the data set.
    10. Percentile
    If data is coded using 𝑦 = 𝑏
    A measure of location that is the specified percentage of the way through the 𝑥ҧ − 𝑎
    data set. Mean of coded data = 𝑦ത =
    𝑏
    11. Range 𝜎𝑥
    The difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set. Affected s.d. of coded data = 𝜎𝑦 =
    𝑏
    by outliers.
    12. Inter-quartile Range To find mean & s.d. of original data use:
    The difference between the upper and lower quartiles in a data set. Q 3 – Q1. 𝑥ҧ = 𝑏𝑦ത + 𝑎
    Not affected by outliers.
    𝜎𝑥 = 𝑏𝜎𝑦

    Interpolation
    Assume data values are evenly distributed within each class then estimate median or
    percentile values using proportional reasoning.

    Age 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 - 39
    17 people  median is 9th person
    Frequency 4 8 5 9th person is in 20 – 29 group
    Cumulative Freq 4 12 17 Take boundaries to be 19.5 & 29.5

    19.5 median 29.5

    4th person 9th person 12th person

    M – 19.5 9–4
    =
    29.5 – 19.5 12 – 4
    M = 25.75

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