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Descriptive statisticsStatistics and probabilityMiddle schoolabout 1:08

Mean, median, mode of 19, 15, 12, 15, 10, 23, 17: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step descriptive statistics video lesson with captions. Final answer: Mean = 15.85714286; Median = 15; Mode = 15; Range = 13.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.5 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

Steps on screen

  1. 1. The problem
    Mean, median and mode
    Data: 19, 15, 12, 15, 10, 23, 17
  2. 2. Steps, part 1
    1. 10,12,15,15,17,19,23(n=7)10, 12, 15, 15, 17, 19, 23\quad (n = 7)
      Sort the data from smallest to largest
    2. xˉ=1117=15.85714286\bar{x} = \frac{111}{7} = 15.85714286
      Mean: add the values and divide by how many there are
    3. median=15\text{median} = 15
      Median: the middle value of the sorted list
    4. Mode: the value(s) that appear most often
  3. 3. Steps, part 2
    1. 23−10=1323 - 10 = 13
      Range: largest minus smallest
  4. 4. The answer
    Mean = 15.85714286; Median = 15; Mode = 15; Range = 13\text{Mean = 15.85714286; Median = 15; Mode = 15; Range = 13}

    mean 15.85714286, median 15, mode 15, range 13

  5. 5. Check
    • Sum 111 = mean × n = 15.85714286 × 7 = 111

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: Data: 19, 15, 12, 15, 10, 23, 17. Measures of central tendency for a list of numbers.

Steps, part 1. Sort the data from smallest to largest. Mean: add the values and divide by how many there are. Median: the middle value of the sorted list. With 7 values (odd), the median is value number 4. Mode: the value(s) that appear most often. Most frequent: 15.

Steps, part 2. Range: largest minus smallest.

The answer. So the answer is Mean equals 15.85714286; Median equals 15; Mode equals 15; Range equals 13. The mean balances all values, the median splits the sorted data in half and is less affected by outliers, and the mode is the most common value.

Check. Sum 111 equals mean times n equals 15.85714286 times 7 equals 111.

About descriptive statistics

Mean, median, mode, range, variance and standard deviation of a data set.

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