Adelaide has lost its past five In 2009, the Saints conceded

matches against Geelong by an an average of just 63.8 points

average of 32 points Statistics per game
Measures of Central Tendency
Since his return to Test cricket in May 2008 the unglamorous By far the most frequent injuries
opener has been the most prolific batsman in the world,
scoring 2697 at an average of 57 in 28 matches.
in rugby are sprains, strains and
corks, which collectively
accounted for 62% of injuries for
forwards and 67% for backs.
According to the survey,
72.8 percent of the
respondents are employed,
and trips to and from work
were listed as the most
frequent destination for
transit users.
Simon Katich showed determination and grit in the Test against Pakistan last night. Picture: AP
Source: The Australian

Median house prices in WA mining towns peaked at $910,000 in October 2008 before
dipping 9.3 per cent the following year.
Now the median house price in the region are about 3 per cent below their peak at
$880,000. 1
The aim of statistics is to describe the sample
Consider these numbers 1,2,7,9,11
How would you come up with a single number that is as
close as possible to all the numbers.? You would be
considering location or central tendency
Look at these samples A: 4 6 5 3 4
B: 50 30 45 37 48
Sample A has smaller values than B
Its central tendency is smaller
What is a measure of central tendency?

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 Measures of Central Tendency

Various ways to talk about the overall value of a

sample:
Which value is the most popular
Which value represents the halfway mark?
Which value best describes the bigness of the data?
Each of these is useful in different ways

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 Measures of Central Tendency
Mode
The mode is the most frequently occurring value. (The
most popular choice.)
Median
The median is the middle score when all are ordered.
(Half the data will be above the median, and half below
n 1
when data is ordered.)It will be in position
2
Mean x
x
The mean is calculated using the formula. n
x bar is the symbol for the mean
sum all the observations of x, and divide by n
This is commonly known as the average.
(Mathematically, all 3 are averages)
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Example 1: calculate the mode, median and
mean for the data below
4123432343
Place all data in order: 1,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,4,4
The mode is 3 since it occurs most.
The median is in position (n+1)2, so here it is the
5.5th score. It is between the 5th and the 6th. The 5th is 3
and the 6th is 3, so the median = (3+3)2
=3
The mean 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
x
10
29

10
2.9

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Example 2: calculate the mode, median and
mean for the data below
11,12,14,15,22,32,37,40
There is no mode
The median is in position (8+1)/2 = 4.5
So the 4th score is 15 and the 5th score is 22.
The median = (15+22)2
= 18.5
The mean x 183
8
22.875
22.88 6
 What if there is more than one Mode?

A distribution with 2modes, it is called bimodal

6 6

5 5

4 4
Frequency

Frequency
3 3

2 2
1 1
0 0
75 80 85 90 95
75 80 85 90 95
Score on Exam 1
Score on Exam 1

If more than 2 have the highest frequency, all are

modes. The mode is not useful.
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