Distributions and variability
10.6.2 · 1 week
Distributions and variability
By the end of this section
- I can find quartiles from data and graphs.
- I can calculate the interquartile range.
- I can draw and interpret box plots.
- I can describe the shape of data distributions.
- I understand how skew affects mean and median.
- I can calculate standard deviation.
- I understand what standard deviation tells us about data.
- I can identify outliers and understand their effect.
Quartiles: when a list has an odd number of values, leave the median out of each half. This is what the TI-Nspire does, so your answers will match your calculator.