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What does the standard deviation measure in a data set?
What does the standard deviation measure in a data set?
- The spread of scores around the mean (correct)
- The middle value of the data set
- The sum of all values in the data set
- The most frequently occurring value in the data set
How is the mean calculated in the given data set?
How is the mean calculated in the given data set?
- By selecting the mode from the data set
- By determining the median of the data
- By finding the product of all values
- By summing all values and dividing by the number of values (correct)
Which of the following correctly describes the standard error mean (SEM)?
Which of the following correctly describes the standard error mean (SEM)?
- It's the standard deviation adjusted for the sample size (correct)
- It's the average of the data set divided by the sum of squared deviations
- It's the measure of central tendency for a data set
- It's the variance of the data set divided by the number of observations
Given the data set values, what is the mode?
Given the data set values, what is the mode?
In the calculation of standard deviation, what represents 'n'?
In the calculation of standard deviation, what represents 'n'?
Flashcards
Mean
Mean
The average of a set of numbers. You find it by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the total number of values.
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation
A measure of how spread out a set of data is. It tells you how much your data points deviate from the average.
Median
Median
The middle value in a sorted set of data. If there are two middle values, the median is the average of those two.
Mode
Mode
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Standard Error of the Mean (SEM)
Standard Error of the Mean (SEM)
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Study Notes
Mean
- The mean is the average of a set of numbers.
- Formula: Σx / N
- Σ represents the summation.
- x represents individual scores.
- N represents the total number of scores.
Standard Deviation
- Standard deviation measures the spread of scores within a dataset.
- It's a measure of dispersion in statistics.
- Dispersion indicates how spread out the data points are.
- Specifically, standard deviation shows how much the data is spread around the mean (average).
- Formula: √Σ(X – X)² / (n – 1)
- s = sample standard deviation
- Σ= sum of...
- X = sample mean
- n = number of scores in the sample
Example Calculation
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Data Set: 2, 3, 0, 1, 2 (pH values of wastewater)
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Mean (Average): (2 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 2) / 5 = 1.6
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Calculating Standard Deviation:
- Calculate deviations: (2 - 1.6) = 0.4, (3 - 1.6) = 1.4, (0 - 1.6) = -1.6, (1 - 1.6) = -0.6, (2 - 1.6) = 0.4
- Square the deviations: 0.16, 1.96, 2.56, 0.36, 0.16
- Sum the squared deviations: 0.16 + 1.96 + 2.56 + 0.36 + 0.16 = 5.2
- Divide by (n - 1): 5.2 / 4 = 1.3
- Take the square root: √1.3 = 1.14 (approximately)
Other Key Terms
- Mode: The most frequent value in a dataset.
- Median: The middle value when data is ordered.
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This quiz covers the concepts of mean and standard deviation in statistics. You will learn how to calculate these measures of central tendency and dispersion using formulas and sample data sets. Test your understanding with example calculations.
