07 - Description of a quantitative distribution

How do I describe a quantitative distribution?

Practice

Chapter 4 # 9,10,12,18, Read pages 49-55

Vocabulary

Shape, center, spread, unusual features, skew, tails, unimodal, bimodal, ~symmetric

Study Questions

1. Explain what you point out for shape, center, spread, and unusual features of a given distribution.
2. When is median a better description of center than the mean and vice versa?
3. When should you use the IQR instead of the Range?

Resources

1. Slide Deck: 07-Description-of-the-distribution.pdf