______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Use a colon between independent clauses if the second clause summarizes or explains the first. A colon is used to introduce an idea that is an explanation or continuation of the one that comes before the colon. The colon can be considered as a gateway inviting the reader to go on. Look at these examples: Ben suddenly canceled his evening plans for a simple reason: his car was out of gas.
Measures of Center: Mean, Median, and Mode Measures of center generally tell us about the middle, or center, of a distribution. They are the mean, the median, and the mode. Each plays a useful role in Statistics. The Mean The mean, or arithmetic average, is calculated by adding all the data values and dividing by the number of values.
Calculate the median of a group of numbers. Let's say you want to find out what the midpoint is in a distribution of student grades or a quality control data sample. To calculate the median of a group of numbers, use the MEDIAN function. The MEDIAN function measures central tendency, which is the location of the center of a group of numbers in a statistical distribution. The three most common measures of central tendency are: Average which is the arithmetic mean, and is calculated by adding a group of numbers and then dividing by the count of those numbers. For example, the average of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, and 10 is 30 divided by 6, which is 5. Median which is the middle number of a group of numbers; that is, half the numbers have values that are greater than the median, and half the numbers have values that are less than the median.