WATCH: Measures of Center and Spread

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Course: Algebra 2 (B)
Book: WATCH: Measures of Center and Spread
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Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024, 8:18 AM

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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.

Percentiles