Descriptive Measures

1. Compare and contrast specific quantitative measures of center and variability.

• Discuss how the sample mean, median, and mode uniquely identify the center of a data set. Provide a simple mathematical example for EACH measure to substantiate your claims. Show all work.
• Discuss how the sample range and standard deviation of uniquely identify the variability within a data set. Provide a simple mathematical example for EACH measure to substantiate your claims. Show all work.