Measures of Center and Variability

  

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Discuss the concepts of mean, median, mode, and standard      deviation. Include when each should be used and evaluate the differences      of each. How can knowing this information about data help us?
  • Describe 1 example from your own personal or      professional experiences using either measures of center (i.e., mean,      median, or mode) or standard deviation. Discuss how knowing that      information helped you.

  

  • Presenting a point of view with support from your course activities or materials
  • A real world example
  • Asking a critical thinking question to inspire further discussion
  • Introducing additional concepts beyond the initial discussion question