Stats - Mean

2020-09-10
1 min read

Mean

The mean is the average value. In stats, it is written as $\bar{x}$ where $x$ is the data.

What does $\bar{x}$ mean??

The mean of the values in $x$.

What is the notation for the mean of the values in $x$??

$\bar{x}$.

What is the formula for mean??

$$ \bar{x} = \frac{\sum x}{n} $$

What does $\sum x$ mean??

The sum of the values in $x$.

What is the formula for mean for frequency data??

$$ \bar{x} = \frac{\sum f x}{\sum f} $$

What does $\sum f x$ mean??

The sum of all (frequencies multiplied by their values).

What does $\sum f$ mean??

The sum of all frequencies.

How can you deal with intervals for frequency tables??

Use the midpoint of the interval.

How could you represent $0 \leq h < 0.5$??

$0.25$

If the mean of class $A$ is $62$ and the mean of class $B$ is $75$, how could you calculate the combined mean??

$$ \frac{20 \times 62 + 30 \times 75}{20 + 30} $$

Finding the combined mean is a special case of??

Finding the mean in a frequency table.


Metadata
date: 2020-09-10 20:42
tags:
- '@?public'
- '@?stats'
- '@?year-1'
- '@?public'
title: Stats - Mean