ppt课件-datacollectionmean,mode,median,range.pptVIP

* * Data CollectionMean, Mode, Median, RangeStandard Deviation Mathematical Terms Related to a Group of Numbers Mean = the average Consider your measurements as a set of numbers. Add together all the?numbers in?your set of measurements. Divide by the total number of values in the set Ages of cars in a parking lot: 20 years +10 years +10 years +1 year+15 years +10 years= 66 years/6 cars = 11years (answer is a counted numbers for sig figs are not an issue) Note: the mean can be misleading (one very high value and one very low) Median The number in the middle Put numbers in order from low