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The mode is the most frequent value of a dataset. It can be regarded as a kind of<br />

center of a sorted dataset ([Eckey02], p. 42). Therefore, the mode is suitable to get a<br />

quick overview of the main behavior of large datasets. A disadvantage of the mode is<br />

the ignorance of outliers.<br />

The median is a value that divides a dataset into two parts of same extend. To<br />

calculate the median the single values of the given dataset have to be sorted by size<br />

to a row, so that X<br />

( 1)<br />

≤ X<br />

(2)<br />

≤K ≤ X<br />

( n)<br />

is complied. Afterwards, the value right in the<br />

middle is the median. In case of an even number of values, the mean of the two mid<br />

values is taken as described by the following Formula 5-1: ([Eckey02], p. 44)<br />

X<br />

⎧X<br />

(( n+<br />

⎪<br />

= ⎨1<br />

⎪ ( X<br />

⎩2<br />

1) / 2)<br />

( n / 2)<br />

+ X<br />

( n / 2+<br />

1)<br />

)<br />

if n odd<br />

if n even<br />

Formula 5-1: The Median Formula<br />

In case of a normal distribution, mode and median are very similar. This behavior<br />

changes, if the most frequent temperature value tends to one of the interval borders.<br />

Moreover, the median also ignores outliers.<br />

Probably the most common value in statistics is the mean. In fact, several different<br />

types of mean values do exist. Talking about the mean generally just denotes the<br />

arithmetic mean. It is calculated by just summarizing all values from a dataset and a<br />

subsequent division by the dataset’s quantity. Formula 5-2 describes this procedure<br />

in mathematical form. In contrast to mode and median, the arithmetic mean does not<br />

ignore outliers but weights every single value the same. ([Bourier03], p. 79)<br />

X<br />

1<br />

=<br />

n<br />

n<br />

∑ X i<br />

i=<br />

1<br />

Formula 5-2: The Arithmetic Mean Formula<br />

As already mentioned, there are several different mean values. Beside the already<br />

introduced arithmetic mean, there are the geometric and the harmonic mean. The<br />

geometric mean is especially used to analyze growth rates ([Bourier03], p. 84). The<br />

harmonic mean is defined to provide mean values of ratios ([Eckey02], p. 54). As<br />

monitoring data within the setting of sensor based temperature monitoring is neither<br />

faced with growth rates nor ratios these methods will not be presented.<br />

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