Question

Which of the following measures tells something about the distribution of a data set?

Answer 1

answers
mean
median
range

Answer 2

mean right

Answer 3

Mean, and median are both measures of central tendency, so they won't tell you a whole lot about the distribution of the data set.

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

In other words, they tell you where the "middle" of the data set is, where distribution is about where ALL the data is.

Answer 6

ok so what should i put

Answer 7

The one that isn't a measure of central tendency.

Answer 8

The mean just gives the average.
For data set: { 4,5,6} and {1,5,9}.
Both gives the same mean of 5 so we can tell clearly that mean doesnt say much about the distribution. Mean is obviously not the answer we are looking for.

Next, is median.
For data set: { 4,5,6} and {1,5,100}
Both have the median 5. Looking at the vast difference between the 2 data sets, you can tell also that median cannot actually tell you the distribution of the data set.

Next Range,
For data set: {4,5,6} and {1,5,100}
The ranges will be [4,6] and [1,100]
The range definitely tell you the distribution of the 2 data sets not matter how big a difference the 2 data sets may have.

Answer 9

what one then

Answer 10

Don't just go hunting for the answers. Me and dalvoran gave you very clear explanations. Try reading them and understand?

Answer 11

ok