WATCH: Measures of Center and Spread
| Site: | MN Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum |
| Course: | Algebra 2 (B) |
| Book: | WATCH: Measures of Center and Spread |
| Printed by: | Guest user |
| Date: | Friday, June 6, 2025, 1:56 PM |
Description
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Measures of Center
Range and IQR
Standard Deviation
More Examples
When to use which Measures of Spread
Use the interquartile range when data is skewed or when there are outliers.
- The range and standard deviation are more affected by outliers than the IQR.
Use the range or standard deviation when data is unimodal and symmetric.