Data sets, descriptive measures, histograms and data patterns

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One of the principle purposes of mathematical statistics is to provide tools by which the existence of a "pattern" in a data set may be detected and quantified, or classified. Descriptive statistical measures and graphical tools such as histograms are possibly the most elementary of these pattern recognition tools.

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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet with interactive hyperlinks and activities.

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Descriptive statistical measures, Data sets, Mean, Standard Deviation, Median, Percentiles, Histograms, e-Stats

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