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Exercise
The following data are birth weights in grams for 20 babies born in a unit.
Summarise the data to be presented at a team meeting.
3680, 3420, 3080, 3500, 3375, 3300, 3980, 2980, 3880, 3620,
Possibility:
Summary statistics
o Mean (Average)
o Median
o Range
o Standard Deviation
o Number below 2500g
Tabulation
Histogram
Box and whisker plot
Stem and leaf
Dot Plot
Types of Data:
Symmetrical
Bimodal
Summary Statistics
RANGE
- It is also useful to have a measure of degree of variability
- Range is the difference between lowest and highest values
- Has Limitations:
o Depends only on extreme values
o Depends on sample siza
<<EXERCISE:>>
4, 7, 8, 9, 3, 3, 5, 6, 0
REORDER = 0,3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Mean: 45/9 = 5
d = Data - Mean
VARIANCE : (d)2/(n-1)
Data d d2
0 -5 25
3 -2 4
3 -2 4
4 -1 1
5 0 0
6 1 1
7 2 4
8 3 9
9 4 16
ANALYTICAL STUDIES
Ecological Studies
COHORT
CASE CONTROL