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MBA 604 Introduction Probaility and Statistics Lecture Notes

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3 Numerical methods<br />

Measures of Central Measures of Dispersion<br />

Tendency (Variability)<br />

1. Sample mean 1. Range<br />

2. Sample median 2. Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)<br />

3. Sample mode 3. Sample Variance<br />

4. Sample St<strong>and</strong>ard Deviation<br />

I. Measures of Central Tendency<br />

Given a sample of measurements (x1,x2, ···,xn) where<br />

n = sample size<br />

xi = value of the ith observation in the sample<br />

1. Sample Mean (arithmetic average)<br />

x = x1+x2+···+xn<br />

or x =<br />

x<br />

Example 1: Given a sample of 5 test grades<br />

(90, 95, 80, 60, 75)<br />

then<br />

x = 90 + 95 + 80 + 60 + 75 = 400<br />

x =<br />

x<br />

n<br />

n<br />

n<br />

= 400<br />

5 =80.<br />

Example 2: Letx = age of a r<strong>and</strong>omly selected student sample:<br />

(20, 18, 22, 29, 21, 19)<br />

x = 20 + 18 + 22 + 29 + 21 + 19 = 129<br />

x =<br />

x<br />

n<br />

= 129<br />

6 =21.5<br />

2. Sample Median<br />

The median of a sample (data set) is the middle number when the measurements are<br />

arranged in ascending order.<br />

Note:<br />

If n is odd, the median is the middle number<br />

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