A box with whiskers
Boxplot. The boxplot is widely used for its descriptive capabilities. It shows, in a simple way, the shape of a distribution.
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Robust location parameters. We describe robust location parameters that are more robust to the presence of extreme values than arithmetic mean. The mean is a whimsical statistic. Of course, I am referring to the arithmetic mean. And why do I say that…
Meat or fish?
Mean or median? Mean and median are two measures of centralization. It is discussed in which situations it is preferable to use one or the other to describe data.
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Dispersion measures. Some dispersion measures are described, such as the interquartile range, the deciles and the percentiles.
Virtue is the happy medium between two extremes, but…
Location measures. Se describen las principales medidas de centralización, como la media aritmética, la mediana y la moda.