Example

You are measuring the height of students in a classroom to

 

find the mean height. The first five students have the

 

following measurements 160cm, 165cm, 170cm, 175cm,

 

180cm.

 

1. Open the Statistics aplet.

 

>$3/( @ Select

 

 

 

 

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2.Enter the measurement data.

160 >(17(5@

165 >(17(5@

170 >(17(5@

175 >(17(5@

180 >(17(5@

3. Find the mean of the sample.

Ensure the ￿9$5_￿/ ￿9$5_ ￿menu9$5￿key label reads

.￿Press 67$76_to see the statistics

calculated from the sample data in C1. Press the *e,￿key￿ to scroll to further statistics.

Note that the title for the column of statistics is

H1. There are 5 data set definitions available for one-variable statistics:

H1–H5. If data is entered

in C1, H1 is automatically set to use C1 for data, and the frequency of each data point is set to 1. You can select other columns of data from the Statistics Symbolic setup view.

Statistics aplet

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