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Data Analysis

🦉 Mode
Mode is the most frequently occurring number. A set of data can have more than one mode.
🦉 Mean
$$\text{mean} = \frac{\text{sum of all numbers}}{\text{number of numbers}}$$
🦉 Median
Median is the centre number when the numbers are arranged from smallest to largest.
🦉 Range
$$\text{Range} = \text{maximum} - \text{minimum}$$
🦉 Quartiles & Percentiles
0th percentile: minimum
25th percentile: lower quartile
50th percentile: median
75th percentile: upper quartile
100th percentile: maximum
🦉 Interquartile Range
$$\text{Interquartile range} = \text{upper quartile} - \text{lower quartile}$$
🦉 Mean & Standard Deviation
Ungrouped
$$\text{Mean}, \bar{x} = \frac{\sum x}{N}$$
$$\text{Standard deviation}, \sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum(x-\bar{x})^2}{N}}$$
Grouped
$$\text{Mean}, \bar{x} = \frac{\sum fx}{\sum f}$$
$$\text{Standard deviation}, \sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum fx^2}{\sum f} - \left(\frac{\sum fx}{\sum f}\right)^2}$$