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When is it appropriate to use arithmetic mean as opposed to the median?
when is it appropriate to use arithmetic mean as opposed to median
When do you use median or mean?
you use it when a list of numbers acure
Who would use mean median and mode?
I use it in class when looking at my student's scores... Often I look at mean, median, and mode to decide to reteach a concept or not.
Would you use mean median or mode to grade things?
MEAN
How does a statistician use mean median and mode?
in maths
How the values of mean and median relate to shape?
The question is how do the mean and median affect the distribution shape. In a normal curve, the mean and median are both in the same point. ( as is the mode) If a distribution is skewed, its tail is either on the right or the left. If a distribution is skewed the median may be a better value to use than the mean since it has less effect on the shape. Also is there are large outliers, the median has less effect and is better to use. So the mean has a bigger effect on the shape many times than the median.
When might you want to use the median to describe the center of a data set instead of then mean?
You would use the median if the data were very skewed, with extreme values.
Can you think of a situation where you'd use the mode over the median or mean?
You could use mode over median or mean when calculating probability. Mode calculates the greatest number of times an object or number will appear.
What is mathetical method called when you use mean median and mode?
Perhaps I have some difficulty understanding your question. The mean, median and mode are measures of the center of data or measures of centrality.
Would you use mean mode median to average the points?
mean is the average of numbers in the data set mode is the most frequently occurring value in a data set and median is the middle number of the data set so you would use mean
What does illegal drugs mean?
Illegal drugs mean drugs which is not accepted or it's against the law to use them
Why would you use median instead of mean?
You would use median instead of mean because the median doesn't find the average, it finds the middle value. Even if its not the middle of the range (the exact middle value between the lowest number and the highest number) it still is near to the middle value. The mean finds the average of all the numbers, like when a teacher average's her students' grades. Median is better to use when finding the middle value, not the average.
