Mean, Median, Spread and the Five-Number Summary

Statistics Beginner 5 min read Published
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Your manager drops a spreadsheet of 10,000 delivery times on your desk and asks: “So, how are we doing?” Nobody wants 10,000 numbers. They want two or three numbers that tell the story. That is what descriptive statistics is: a summary you can say in one breath.

Every summary answers two questions:

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