Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 1 (All Sections), 2 (Sections 2.5 – 2.7)
- Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Initial Post Instructions
When data is collected, the most common calculations computed are the Measures of Central Tendency, mean, median and mode. It is important to know how to compute these values and it is also extremely important to know what these values mean in context of the data set.
Use the internet to find a data set. Key terms to search: Free Public Data Sets and Medical Data Sets.
- Introduce your Data Set and Cite the Source.
- Why was this data interesting to you?
- Calculate measures of central tendency (Mean, Median & Mode) and measures of variation (Range and Standard Deviation) for your data. Write a sentence for each calculation explaining what that value means in context of your data.
ANSWER:
This week I found a data set on the Adolescent birth rate of women aged 15-19 from 2002-2013 in the Bahamas. I found this data set interesting because I was able to see that from 2002 to 2013 there was a slight decline in the adolescent birth rate in the Bahamas. I was also able to compare them to other countries to see if they had a decline also.
Mean: Add up all numbers and divide by the amount of numbers added together.
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