Chapter 3 Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data

1. Chapter 3Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data 3-1 Review and Preview 3-2 Measures of Center 3-3 Measures of Variation 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots

2. Chapter 1Distinguish between population and sample, parameter and statistic, good sampling methods: simple random sample, stratified sample, etc. Chapter 2Frequency distributions, summarizing data with graphs, describing the center, variation, distribution, outliers, and changing characteristics over time in a data set Review

3. Descriptive Statistics In this chapter we’ll learn to summarize or describethe important characteristics of a data set (mean, standard deviation, etc.). Inferential Statistics In later chapters we’ll learn to use sample data to make inferences or generalizations about a population. Preview

4. Chapter 3Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data 3-1 Review and Preview 3-2 Measures of Center 3-3 Measures of Variation 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots

5. Key Concept Characteristics of center of a data set. Measures of center, including mean and median, as tools for analyzing data. Not only determine the value of each measure of center, but also interpret those values.

6. Basics Concepts of Measures of Center Measure of Center the value at the center or middle of a data set Part 1

7. Arithmetic Mean • Arithmetic Mean (Mean) • the measure of center obtained by adding the values and dividing the total by the number of values • What most people call an average.

8. Notation denotes thesumof a set of values. is the variable usually used to represent the individual data values. represents the number of data values in a sample. represents the number of data values in a population.

9. Notation is pronounced ‘x-bar’ and denotes the mean of a set of sample values is pronounced ‘mu’ and denotes the mean of all values in a population

10. Advantages Sample means drawn from the same population tend to vary less than other measures of center Takes every data value into account Mean • Disadvantage • Is sensitive to every data value, one extreme value can affect it dramatically; is not a resistant measure of center

11. Table 3-1 includes counts of chocolate chips in different cookies. Find the mean of the first five counts for Chips Ahoy regular cookies: 22 chips, 22 chips, 26 chips, 24 chips, and 23 chips. Example 1 - Mean SolutionFirst add the data values, then divide by the number of data values.

12. Median • Median • the middle value when the original data values are arranged in order of increasing (or decreasing) magnitude • often denoted by (pronounced ‘x-tilde’) • is not affected by an extreme value - is a resistant measure of the center

13. Finding the Median First sort the values (arrange them in order). Then – 1. If the number of data values is odd, the median is the number located in the exact middle of the list. 2. If the number of data values is even, the median is found by computing the mean of the two middle numbers.

14. Median – Odd Number of Values 5.40 1.10 0.42 0.73 0.48 1.10 0.66 Sort in order: 0.42 0.48 0.66 0.73 1.10 1.10 5.40 (in order - odd number of values) Medianis 0.73

15. Median – Even Number of Values 5.40 1.10 0.42 0.73 0.48 1.10 Sort in order: 0.42 0.48 0.73 1.10 1.10 5.40 (in order - even number of values – no exact middle shared by two numbers) 0.73 + 1.10 Median is 0.915 2

16. Modethe value that occurs with the greatest frequency Data set can have one, more than one, or no mode Mode Bimodal two data values occur with the same greatest frequency Multimodal more than two data values occur with the same greatest frequency No Mode no data value is repeated Mode is the only measure of central tendency that can be used with nominal data.

17. Mode is 1.10 Mode - Examples a. 5.40 1.10 0.42 0.73 0.48 1.10 b. 27 27 27 55 55 55 88 88 99 c. 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 • Bimodal - 27 & 55 • No Mode

18. Midrangethe value midway between the maximum and minimum values in the original data set maximum value + minimum value Midrange= 2 Definition

19. Sensitive to extremesbecause it uses only the maximum and minimum values, it is rarely used Midrange • Redeeming Features (1) very easy to compute (2) reinforces that there are several ways to define the center (3) avoid confusion with median by defining the midrange along with the median

20. Carry one more decimal place than is present in the original set of values Round-off Rule for Measures of Center

21. Think about the method used to collect the sample data. Critical Thinking Think about whether the results are reasonable.

22. Example • Identify the reason why the mean and median would not be meaningful statistics. • Rank (by sales) of selected statistics textbooks: • 1, 4, 3, 2, 15 • b. Numbers on the jerseys of the starting offense for the New Orleans Saints when they last won the Super Bowl: 12, 74, 77, 76, 73, 78, 88, 19, 9, 23, 25

23. Beyond the Basics of Measures of Center Part 2

24. Assume that all sample values in each class are equal to the class midpoint. Use class midpoint of classes for variable x. Calculating a Mean from a Frequency Distribution

25. Example Estimate the mean from the IQ scores in Chapter 2.

26. Weighted Mean When data values are assigned different weights, w, we can compute a weighted mean.

27. In her first semester of college, a student of the author took five courses. Her final grades along with the number of credits for each course were A (3 credits), A (4 credits), B (3 credits), C (3 credits), and F (1 credit). The grading system assigns quality points to letter grades as follows: A = 4; B = 3; C = 2; D = 1; F = 0. Compute her grade point average. Example – Weighted Mean SolutionUse the numbers of credits as the weights: w = 3, 4, 3, 3, 1. Replace the letters grades of A, A, B, C, and F with the corresponding quality points: x = 4, 4, 3, 2, 0.

28. Solution Example – Weighted Mean

29. Chapter 3Statistics for Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data 3-1 Review and Preview 3-2 Measures of Center 3-3 Measures of Variation 3-4 Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots

30. Key Concept Discuss characteristics of variation, in particular, measures of variation, such as standard deviation, for analyzing data. Make understanding and interpreting the standard deviation a priority.

31. Basics Concepts of Variation Part 1

32. Definition The range of a set of data values is the difference between the maximum data value and the minimum data value. Range = (maximum value) – (minimum value) It is very sensitive to extreme values; therefore, it is not as useful as other measures of variation.

33. Round-Off Rule for Measures of Variation When rounding the value of a measure of variation, carry one more decimal place than is present in the original set of data. Round only the final answer, not values in the middle of a calculation.

34. Definition The standard deviation of a set of sample values, denoted by s, is a measure of how much data values deviate away from the mean.

35. Sample Standard Deviation Formula

36. Sample Standard Deviation (Shortcut Formula)

37. Standard Deviation – Important Properties • The standard deviation is a measure of variation of all values from the mean. • The value of the standard deviation s is usually positive (it is never negative). • The value of the standard deviation s can increase dramatically with the inclusion of one or more outliers (data values far away from all others). • The units of the standard deviation s are the same as the units of the original data values.

38. Example Use either formula to find the standard deviation of these numbers of chocolate chips: 22, 22, 26, 24

39. Example

40. Range Rule of Thumb for Understanding Standard Deviation It is based on the principle that for many data sets, the vast majority (such as 95%) of sample values lie within two standard deviations of the mean.

41. = Minimum “usual” value (mean) – 2  (standard deviation) = Maximum “usual” value (mean) + 2  (standard deviation) Range Rule of Thumb for Interpreting a Known Value of the Standard Deviation Informally define usual values in a data set to be those that are typical and not too extreme. Find rough estimates of the minimum and maximum “usual” sample values as follows:

42. Range Rule of Thumb for Estimating a Value of theStandard Deviation s To roughly estimate the standard deviation from a collection of known sample data use where range = (maximum value) – (minimum value)

43. Example Using the 40 chocolate chip counts for the Chips Ahoy cookies, the mean is 24.0 chips and the standard deviation is 2.6 chips. Use the range rule of thumb to find the minimum and maximum “usual” numbers of chips. Would a cookie with 30 chocolate chips be “unusual”?

44. Example *Because 30 falls above the maximum “usual” value, we can consider it to be a cookie with an unusually high number of chips.

45. Comparing Variation inDifferent Samples It’s a good practice to compare two sample standard deviations only when the sample means are approximately the same. When comparing variation in samples with very different means, it is better to use the coefficient of variation, which is defined later in this section.

46. Population Standard Deviation This formula is similar to the previous formula, but the population mean and population size are used.

47. Variance • The variance of a set of values is a measure of variation equal to the square of the standard deviation. • Sample variance: s2 - Square of the sample standard deviation s • Population variance: σ2 - Square of the population standard deviation σ

48. Variance - Notation s=sample standard deviation s2= sample variance =population standard deviation =population variance

49. Unbiased Estimator The sample variance s2 is an unbiased estimator of the population variance , which means values of s2 tend to target the value of instead of systematically tending to overestimate or underestimate .

50. Beyond the Basics of Variation Part 2