Learning Objectives 
after the completion of this module, the student will be able to
- calculate central tendencies and measures of dispersion of data sets employing both formulas and spreadsheet functions (LO2a)
- interpret central tendencies and measures of dispersion in the context of a data set (LO2a)
- choose an appropriate graph to visualize the data (LO2a)
- use online resources to gather information about data (LO2b)
Knowledge and Skills
- sample mean, average, median
- range, percentile, quartile, interquartile range
- sample variance, sample standard deviation
- EXCEL functions for calculating descriptive statistics
Prerequisites
- real number line
- percentages
- graphing in Excel