Tutoring statistics, questions arise from it. The tutor begins a discussion about some recent findings. Twenty years ago I sold suits. A good deal of customers had 38″ or 40″ waists. However, there were more men smaller than that, rather …
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Tutoring statistics, you talk about the median vs the mean. While the mean is probably used more (because of its involvement in the normal distribution), the median is preferred in some applications…. Back in my May 6 post, I briefly …
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Tutoring statistics, you help students who, in many cases, are facing completely new ideas (to them). The tutor continues his goal of explaining statistics from a “day-to-day” point of view. In an introductory stats course – which is probably as …
Tutoring math, you get asked about statistics. The tutor offers an interpretation of mean and standard deviation. Back when I was in university, there was a 2nd-year statistics course. It was the introductory stats course and was required for many …
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Tutoring high school math, you deal with introductory statistics. The tutor introduces measures of central tendency. Let’s imagine you have the following seed counts from eleven different apples: 15 9 8 10 8 10 8 5 7 14 12 We …
Tutoring math or statistics, you need to be familiar with various common scientific calculators. The math tutor continues the standard deviation series with a look at how to do it on Texas Instruments’ TI-30XA. Unlike the Sharp EL-520W or the …
Tutoring Math Foundations 11, standard deviation is front and centre right now. The tutor continues explaining the standard deviation function on various scientific calculators. Like the Sharp EL-520W, the Casio fx-260Solar requires you to set the mode to use its …
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Tutoring math, you get asked about statistics. The tutor offers an article which might be of interest to stats students. Calculating standard deviation by hand can be laborious. Keeping track of what you’ve entered, making sure the brackets have been …
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Tutoring math, you might be asked about statistics, in which expected value is an early topic. In many everyday situations, the expected value is equal to the mean, aka the average. The difference is more in definition than in practice. Expected value involves probability, whereas mean …