Data, Statistics, and Variability · Data and Probability

Measures of Center and Spread

Calculating and interpreting mean, median, mode, and range to describe data sets.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can an outlier significantly change the mean but not the median?
  2. 2Which measure of center best represents a data set with a heavy skew?
  3. 3How does the mean absolute deviation describe the consistency of a data set?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Data - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Data, Statistics, and Variability
Period: Data and Probability

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