A researcher has conducted a study and has obtained a data set. He is seeking your help and requests that you calculate the mean, range, median, and mode and distinguish which of these are measures of central tendency and which are measures of variability. Additionally, he has calculated the variance and standard deviation, and would also like you to classify these measures. He thanks you in advance for your help. The data set is as follows: 14, 10, 9, 16, 10, 15, 14, 16, 14, 11
i am using minitab to solve the problem.
steps:-
copy the data in minitab and name the column x stat
basic
statistics
display
descriptive statistics
in variables
select x
statistics
tick
mean,standard deviation,variance,median,mode,range
ok
ok.
the minitab output be:-
Variable | Mean | StDev | Variance | Median | Range | Mode |
x | 12.900 | 2.644 | 6.989 | 14.000 | 7.000 | 14 |
*** SOLUTION ***
mean = 12.9
median = 14
mode = 14
range = 7
mean , median, mode are the measures of central tendency.
range is the measure of variability.
variance = 6.989
standard deviation (sample ) = 2.644
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