Descriptive statistics summarise data. IB Maths requires mean, median, mode, quartiles, variance, and standard deviation.
Measures of Centre
- Mean: or (grouped).
- Median: middle value. Q2.
- Mode: most frequent.
Measures of Spread
- Range: max − min.
- IQR: Q3 − Q1.
- Variance: .
- Standard deviation: .
Box Plots and Cumulative Frequency
Box plot: min, Q1, median, Q3, max. Outliers: beyond or .
Practice Problems
- Find mean and SD: 4, 7, 8, 10, 11.
- From a cumulative frequency curve, estimate the median and IQR.
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Key Takeaways
Use GDC for calculations, but understand the formulas.
SD measures spread around the mean.
Outlier rule: beyond quartiles.
