Measures of Spread - Continued

Unit 6 Assignment: Calculating Summary Statistics

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Unit outcomes: ● Compute the range, variance and standard deviation of a data set. ● Construct a boxplot and five-point summary of a given data set. ● Analyze a data set using measures of spread.

Course outcome: HS311-4: Examine summary statistics of health data in terms of variability.

Calculate summary statistics of one of the variables in the sample dataset of weight and height that’s provided in Doc Sharing. Calculate the mean, median, and standard deviation. In addition provide either a five-number summary or box plot. Based on the statistics, describe the data in your own words, noting any trends that you see.