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Descriptive Statistics

Virginia SOL PS.DS.2

Represent and analyze numerical characteristics of univariate quantitative data sets.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Interpret measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode.
  • Interpret measures of spread: range, interquartile range, variance, and standard deviation.
  • Identify possible outliers using an algorithm.
  • Investigate and explain the influence of outliers on a univariate data set.
  • Explain how standard deviation addresses variability by examining its formula.