Checking understanding of summary statistics from a frequency table
I can calculate the mean, median, mode and range from a frequency table.
Checking understanding of summary statistics from a frequency table
I can calculate the mean, median, mode and range from a frequency table.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The mean, median and mode are measures of central tendency.
- The range is a measure of the spread of the data.
- Calculating these from a frequency table may be easier when there is a larger set of data.
Keywords
A statistical summary - sums up the features of a data set. It may contain the average (mean, median and/or mode) which measure the central tendency. It may also contain the range which measures the spread.
Common misconception
Pupils may divide the total by the number of rows in the frequency table when finding the mean.
On most occasions, the pupils calculated mean will be a value outside of the data set, so a sense-check should highlight that something is not quite right. Encourage pupils to always consider if their answer is reasonable.
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