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Statistical Analysis with R Essentials For Dummies
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Statistical Analysis with R Essentials For Dummies

by Joseph Schmuller
April 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
192 pages
3h 18m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

Finding Your Center

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Working within your means

Bullet Meeting conditions

Bullet Understanding that the median is the message

Bullet Getting into the mode

If you’ve ever worked with a set of numbers and had to figure out how to summarize them with a single number, you’ve faced a situation that statisticians deal with all the time. Where would this ideal “single number” come from?

A good idea might be to select a number from somewhere in the middle of the set. That number could then represent the entire set of numbers. When you’re looking around in the middle of the set, you’re looking at central tendency. You can address central tendency in a variety of ways.

Means: The Lure of Averages

We’ve all used averages. Statisticians refer to the average as the mean. The mean is an easy way to summarize your spending, your school grades, your performance in a sport over time.

I think you know how to calculate the mean, but I’ll go through it anyway. Then I show you the statistical formula. My objective is that you understand statistical formulas in general, and then I’ll show you how ...

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