data handling - measures of dispersion, measure of central tendency

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how do you calculate the mean?
Calculated by adding up all of the scores, then dividing by the number of scores there are.
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how do you calculate the median?
The scores are put in numerical order, and the middle score is taken as the median
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how do you calculate the mode?
The mode is the most commonly occurring score in a set of data
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what is the measure of dispersion?
the general term for any measure of the spread in a set of scores
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what is the 'range' of a set of results?
The difference between the lowest and highest score in a data set
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how do you calculate the range?
(highest score - lowest score) + 1
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what is standard deviation?
the measure of distance of each of the scores from the mean.
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