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Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data

Explore how histograms and stem-and-leaf plots visualize quantitative data distribution, center, spread, and outliers. Learn to construct these plots, interpret numerical summaries, and analyze datasets using graphical and numerical methods. Understand different types of distributions, such as skewed or symmetric, and interpret shapes for effective data representation. Discover the advantages and disadvantages of stem-and-leaf displays and practice creating and interpreting these displays. Explore real-world examples, like NFL salary distributions, to enhance data analysis skills.

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Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data

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  1. Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data CHAPTER OBJECTIVES At the conclusion of this chapter you should be able to: • 1) Construct graphs that appropriately describe quantitative data • 2) Calculate and interpret numerical summaries of quantitative data. • 3) Combine numerical methods with graphical methods to analyze a data set. • 4) Apply graphical methods of summarizing data to choose appropriate numerical summaries. • 5) Apply software and/or calculators to automate graphical and numerical summary procedures.

  2. Displaying Quantitative Data Histograms Stem and Leaf Displays

  3. Relative Frequency Histogram of Exam Grades .30 .25 .20 Relative frequency .15 .10 .05 0 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Grade

  4. Frequency Histogram

  5. Histograms A histogram shows three general types of information: • It provides visual indication of where the approximate center of the data is. • We can gain an understanding of the degree of spread, or variation, in the data. • We can observe the shape of the distribution.

  6. All 200 m Races 20.2 secs or less

  7. Histograms Showing Different Centers

  8. Histograms Showing DifferentCenters(football head coach salaries)

  9. Histograms - Same Center, Different Spread(football head coach salaries)

  10. Excel Example: 2012-13 NFL Salaries

  11. Statcrunch Example: 2012-13 NFL Salaries

  12. Grades on a statistics exam Data: 75 66 77 66 64 73 91 65 59 86 61 86 61 58 70 77 80 58 94 78 62 79 83 54 52 45 82 48 67 55

  13. Frequency Distribution of Grades Class Limits Frequency 40 up to 50 50 up to 60 60 up to 70 70 up to 80 80 up to 90 90 up to 100 Total 2 6 8 7 5 2 30

  14. Relative Frequency Distribution of Grades Class Limits Relative Frequency 40 up to 50 50 up to 60 60 up to 70 70 up to 80 80 up to 90 90 up to 100 2/30 = .067 6/30 = .200 8/30 = .267 7/30 = .233 5/30 = .167 2/30 = .067

  15. Relative Frequency Histogram of Grades .30 .25 .20 Relative frequency .15 .10 .05 0 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Grade

  16. Based on the histo-gram, about what percent of the values are between 47.5 and 52.5? • 50% • 5% • 17% • 30% 10 Countdown

  17. Stem and leaf displays • Have the following general appearance stem leaf 1 8 9 2 1 2 8 9 9 3 2 3 8 9 4 0 1 5 6 7 6 4

  18. Stem and Leaf Displays • Partition each no. in data into a “stem” and “leaf” • Constructing stem and leaf display 1) deter. stem and leaf partition (5-20 stems) 2) write stems in column with smallest stem at top; include all stems in range of data 3) only 1 digit in leaves; drop digits or round off 4) record leaf for each no. in corresponding stem row; ordering the leaves in each row helps

  19. Example: employee ages at a small company 18 21 22 19 32 33 40 41 56 57 64 28 29 29 38 39; stem: 10’s digit; leaf: 1’s digit • 18: stem=1; leaf=8; 18 = 1 | 8 stem leaf 1 8 9 2 1 2 8 9 9 3 2 3 8 9 4 0 1 5 6 7 6 4

  20. Suppose a 95 yr. old is hired stem leaf 1 8 9 2 1 2 8 9 9 3 2 3 8 9 4 0 1 5 6 7 6 4 7 8 9 5

  21. Number of TD passes by NFL teams: 2012-2013 season(stems are 10’s digit)

  22. Pulse Rates n = 138

  23. Advantages/Disadvantages of Stem-and-Leaf Displays • Advantages 1) each measurement displayed 2) ascending order in each stem row 3) relatively simple (data set not too large) • Disadvantages display becomes unwieldy for large data sets

  24. Population of 185 US cities with between 100,000 and 500,000 • Multiply stems by 100,000

  25. Back-to-back stem-and-leaf displays. TD passes by NFL teams: 1999-2000, 2012-13multiply stems by 10

  26. Below is a stem-and-leaf display for the pulse rates of 24 women at a health clinic. How many pulses are between 67 and 77? Stems are 10’s digits • 4 • 6 • 8 • 10 • 12 10 Countdown

  27. Symmetric distribution • A distribution is skewed to the rightif the right side of the histogram (side with larger values) extends much farther out than the left side. It is skewed to the leftif the left side of the histogram extends much farther out than the right side. Skewed distribution Complex, multimodal distribution • Not all distributions have a simple overall shape, especially when there are few observations. Interpreting Graphical Displays: Shape • A distribution is symmetricif the right and left sides of the histogram are approximately mirror images of each other.

  28. Heights of Students in Recent Stats Class

  29. Shape (cont.)Female heart attack patients in New York state Age: left-skewed Cost: right-skewed

  30. Shape (cont.): Outliers An important kind of deviation is an outlier. Outliersare observations that lie outside the overall pattern of a distribution. Always look for outliers and try to explain them. The overall pattern is fairly symmetrical except for 2 states clearly not belonging to the main trend. Alaska and Florida have unusual representation of the elderly in their population. A large gap in the distribution is typically a sign of an outlier. Alaska Florida

  31. Center: typical value of frozen personal pizza? ~$2.65

  32. Spread: fuel efficiency 4, 8 cylinders 4 cylinders: more spread 8 cylinders: less spread

  33. Other Graphical Methods for Quantitative Data • Time plots plot observations in time order, with time on the horizontal axis and the vari-able on the vertical axis ** Time series measurements are taken at regular intervals (monthly unemployment, quarterly GDP, weather records, electricity demand, etc.)

  34. Unemployment Rate, by Educational Attainment

  35. Water Use During Super Bowl

  36. Winning Times 100 M Dash

  37. Numerical Summaries of Quantitative Data Numerical and More Graphical Methods to Describe Univariate Data

  38. 2 characteristics of a data set to measure • center measures where the “middle” of the data is located • variability measures how “spread out” the data is

  39. The median: a measure of center Given a set of n measurements arranged in order of magnitude, Median= middle value n odd mean of 2 middle values, n even • Ex. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10; n=5; median=6 • Ex. 2, 4, 6, 8; n=4; median=(4+6)/2=5

  40. Student Pulse Rates (n=62) 38, 59, 60, 60, 62, 62, 63, 63, 64, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 71, 71, 72, 72, 73, 74, 74, 75, 75, 75, 75, 76, 77, 77, 77, 77, 78, 78, 79, 79, 80, 80, 80, 84, 84, 85, 85, 87, 90, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 94, 95, 96, 96, 96, 98, 98, 103 Median = (75+76)/2 = 75.5

  41. Medians are used often • Year 2011 baseball salaries Median $1,450,000 (max=$32,000,000 Alex Rodriguez; min=$414,000) • Median fan age: MLB 45; NFL 43; NBA 41; NHL 39 • Median existing home sales price: May 2011 $166,500; May 2010 $174,600 • Median household income (2008 dollars) 2009 $50,221; 2008$52,029

  42. The median splits the histogram into 2 halves of equal area

  43. Examples • Example: n = 7 17.5 2.8 3.2 13.9 14.1 25.3 45.8 • Example n = 7 (ordered): • 2.8 3.2 13.9 14.1 17.5 25.3 45.8 • Example: n = 8 17.5 2.8 3.2 13.9 14.1 25.3 35.7 45.8 • Example n =8 (ordered) 2.8 3.2 13.9 14.1 17.5 25.3 35.7 45.8 m = 14.1 m = (14.1+17.5)/2 = 15.8

  44. Below are the annual tuition charges at 7 public universities. What is the median tuition? 4429 4960 4960 4971 5245 5546 7586 • 5245 • 4965.5 • 4960 • 4971 10 Countdown

  45. Below are the annual tuition charges at 7 public universities. What is the median tuition? 4429 4960 5245 5546 4971 5587 7586 • 5245 • 4965.5 • 5546 • 4971 10 Countdown

  46. Measures of Spread The range and interquartile range

  47. Ways to measure variability range=largest-smallest • OK sometimes; in general, too crude; sensitive to one large or small data value • The range measures spread by examining the ends of the data • A better way to measure spread is to examine the middle portion of the data

  48. Quartiles: Measuring spread by examining the middle The first quartile, Q1, is the value in the sample that has 25% of the data at or below it (Q1 is the median of the lower half of the sorted data). The third quartile, Q3, is the value in the sample that has 75% of the data at or below it (Q3 is the median of the upper half of the sorted data). Q1= first quartile = 2.3 m = median = 3.4 Q3= third quartile = 4.2

  49. Quartiles and median divide data into 4 pieces 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 Q1 M Q3

  50. Quartiles are common measures of spread • http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/admissions/fresprof.htm • http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/peers/current/ncsu_peers/sat.htm • University of Southern California

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