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    Descriptive Statistics (Lesson 2/7)

    Measuring Center

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    When given the set [1,2,2,5,7], if you are asked for the "typical" value of numbers, what would you say?


    Often, people will take the average, or mean, of the numbers:

    51+2+2+5+7​=517​=3.4.

    Therefore, you might argue that the numbers are clustered around 3.4.