Methods of Summarising Data

In this lesson we shall cover

  • Dispersion
  • Outliers
  • Mean
  • Variance
  • Standard Deviation
  • Scaling/Coding
  • Skewness

Dispersion

We look at the spread of data which includes, the range and Inter Quartile Range

Outliers

We define an outlier and how to represent this on a box plot

Mean

Finding the mean from a frequency table

Variance

Finding the variance from a frequency table

Standard Deviation

Finding the standard deviation from a frequency table

Scaling/Coding

How and when to apply scaling/coding to your data

Skewness

How to measure the skewness of data

Lesson Resources

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