
Why is median age a better statistic than mean age?
Oct 22, 2013 · People of such age have 1.5 to 4 times the influence on the mean than they do on the median compared to very young people. Thus, the median is a bit more up-to-date statistic …
How to calculate the median age of a population?
Feb 25, 2015 · 4 I want to calculate the median age of a population. Consider the following example data (downloaded from Statistics Canada's CANSIM database, Table 051-0001): …
Explaining Mean, Median, Mode in Layman's Terms
Mar 7, 2016 · 3 The "mean", "median" and "mode" are "central tendency", aka "most likely outcome" in different domains. They are all "best bets" in different "games". Probability and …
definition - Should interquartile range (IQR) be reported as one …
Sep 5, 2020 · Is is there a standard how to report interquartile range (IQR)? It seems that different practices are used, some report it as one number and others as a range (25th and 75th …
Percentile vs quantile vs quartile - Cross Validated
Jun 13, 2015 · What is the difference between the three terms below? percentile quantile quartile
Why is the median of an even number of samples the arithmetic …
Jan 24, 2023 · When calculating the median for an even number of samples, we sort the samples and take the arithmetic mean of the two in the middle. This seems quite arbitrary - it assumes …
What happens if a survival curve doesn't reach 0.5?
Nov 30, 2011 · The median is the data point which is greater than 50% of all data points. As soon as you have one or more data points, you always have a median. What does the phrase …
How to find average and median age from an aggregated …
Feb 18, 2015 · How to find average and median age from an aggregated frequency table Ask Question Asked 10 years, 11 months ago Modified 3 years, 10 months ago
How to calculate mean, median, mode, std dev from distribution
Jun 19, 2015 · How to calculate mean, variance, median, standard deviation and modus from distribution? If I randomly generate numbers which forms the normal distribution I've specified …
distributions - How can you define below average, average and …
Ignoring the obvious observation that all points above/below the average are "above/below average", how might one define, say, "poor, average, and excellent" or even "poor, fair, …