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Mean: $\\mu = \\frac{1}{N}\\sum\\limits_{i=1}^N x_i$

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Median: middle value

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Mode: most common value

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Range: highest value - lowest value.

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$\\text{mean}=\\;\\;$[[0]]

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Enter decimal answers to 3 decimal places.

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To find the mean:

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1. Add up all the numbers.

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2. Divide by the number of numbers.

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$\\text{median}=\\;\\;$[[0]]

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To find the median:

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List the numbers in order of increasing size. 

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The median is then the middle number.

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$\\text{mode}=\\;\\;$[[0]]

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The mode is the number that occurs most often.

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$\\text{range}=\\;\\;$[[0]]

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Seven students were asked how they rated the online maths assessment tool numbas on a scale of 0-10, with 0 representing terrible and 10 representing excellent. The results are below. Calculate the mean, median, mode and range for the set of data.

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$\\var{a1}, \\var{a2}, \\var{a3}, \\var{a4}, \\var{a5}, \\var{a6}, \\var{a7}$ .

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Exam covering questions on the Errorsr part of the SOEE5154M Maths course.

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Topics covered are calculating the mean, median, mode and standard deviation.

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