Chap 3-1 Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 3 Describing Data: Numerical Statistics for Business and Economics 6 th Edition

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-2 After completing this chapter, you should be able to: Compute and interpret the mean, median, and mode for a set of data Find the range, variance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation and know what these values mean Apply the empirical rule to describe the variation of population values around the mean Explain the weighted mean and when to use it Explain how a least squares regression line estimates a linear relationship between two variables Chapter Goals

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-3 Chapter Topics Measures of central tendency, variation, and shape Mean, median, mode, geometric mean Quartiles Range, interquartile range, variance and standard deviation, coefficient of variation Symmetric and skewed distributions Population summary measures Mean, variance, and standard deviation The empirical rule and Bienaymé-Chebyshev rule

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-4 Chapter Topics Five number summary and box-and-whisker plots Covariance and coefficient of correlation Pitfalls in numerical descriptive measures and ethical considerations (continued)

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-5 Describing Data Numerically Arithmetic Mean Median Mode Describing Data Numerically Variance Standard Deviation Coefficient of Variation Range Interquartile Range Central TendencyVariation

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-6 Measures of Central Tendency Central Tendency MeanMedian Mode Overview Midpoint of ranked values Most frequently observed value Arithmetic average

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-7 Arithmetic Mean The arithmetic mean (mean) is the most common measure of central tendency For a population of N values: For a sample of size n: Sample size Observed values Population size Population values

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-8 Arithmetic Mean The most common measure of central tendency Mean = sum of values divided by the number of values Affected by extreme values (outliers) (continued) Mean = Mean = 4

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-9 Median In an ordered list, the median is the middle number (50% above, 50% below) Not affected by extreme values Median = Median = 3

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-10 Finding the Median The location of the median: If the number of values is odd, the median is the middle number If the number of values is even, the median is the average of the two middle numbers Note that is not the value of the median, only the position of the median in the ranked data

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-11 Mode A measure of central tendency Value that occurs most often Not affected by extreme values Used for either numerical or categorical data There may may be no mode There may be several modes Mode = No Mode

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-12 Five houses on a hill by the beach Review Example House Prices: $2,000, , , , ,000

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-13 Review Example: Summary Statistics Mean: ($3,000,000/5) = $600,000 Median: middle value of ranked data = $300,000 Mode: most frequent value = $100,000 House Prices: $2,000, , , , ,000 Sum 3,000,000

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-14 Mean is generally used, unless extreme values (outliers) exist Then median is often used, since the median is not sensitive to extreme values. Example: Median home prices may be reported for a region – less sensitive to outliers Which measure of location is the best?

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-15 Shape of a Distribution Describes how data are distributed Measures of shape Symmetric or skewed Mean = Median Mean < Median Median < Mean Right-Skewed Left-SkewedSymmetric

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-16 Same center, different variation Measures of Variability Variation Variance Standard Deviation Coefficient of Variation RangeInterquartile Range Measures of variation give information on the spread or variability of the data values.

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-17 Range Simplest measure of variation Difference between the largest and the smallest observations: Range = X largest – X smallest Range = = 13 Example:

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-18 Ignores the way in which data are distributed Sensitive to outliers Range = = Range = = 5 Disadvantages of the Range 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,5 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,4,120 Range = = 4 Range = = 119

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-19 Interquartile Range Can eliminate some outlier problems by using the interquartile range Eliminate high- and low-valued observations and calculate the range of the middle 50% of the data Interquartile range = 3 rd quartile – 1 st quartile IQR = Q 3 – Q 1

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-20 Interquartile Range Median (Q2) X maximum X minimum Q1Q3 Example: 25% 25% Interquartile range = 57 – 30 = 27

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-21 Quartiles Quartiles split the ranked data into 4 segments with an equal number of values per segment 25% The first quartile, Q 1, is the value for which 25% of the observations are smaller and 75% are larger Q 2 is the same as the median (50% are smaller, 50% are larger) Only 25% of the observations are greater than the third quartile Q1Q2Q3

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-22 Quartile Formulas Find a quartile by determining the value in the appropriate position in the ranked data, where First quartile position: Q 1 = 0.25(n+1) Second quartile position: Q 2 = 0.50(n+1) (the median position) Third quartile position: Q 3 = 0.75(n+1) where n is the number of observed values

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-23 (n = 9) Q 1 = is in the 0.25(9+1) = 2.5 position of the ranked data so use the value half way between the 2 nd and 3 rd values, so Q 1 = 12.5 Quartiles Sample Ranked Data: Example: Find the first quartile

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-24 Average of squared deviations of values from the mean Population variance: Population Variance Where = population mean N = population size x i = i th value of the variable x

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-25 Average (approximately) of squared deviations of values from the mean Sample variance: Sample Variance Where = arithmetic mean n = sample size X i = i th value of the variable X

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-26 Population Standard Deviation Most commonly used measure of variation Shows variation about the mean Has the same units as the original data Population standard deviation:

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-27 Sample Standard Deviation Most commonly used measure of variation Shows variation about the mean Has the same units as the original data Sample standard deviation:

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-28 Calculation Example: Sample Standard Deviation Sample Data (x i ) : n = 8 Mean = x = 16 A measure of the average scatter around the mean

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-29 Measuring variation Small standard deviation Large standard deviation

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-30 Comparing Standard Deviations Mean = 15.5 s = Data B Data A Mean = 15.5 s = Mean = 15.5 s = Data C

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-31 Advantages of Variance and Standard Deviation Each value in the data set is used in the calculation Values far from the mean are given extra weight (because deviations from the mean are squared)

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-32 For any population with mean μ and standard deviation σ, and k > 1, the percentage of observations that fall within the interval [μ + kσ] Is at least Chebyshevs Theorem

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-33 Regardless of how the data are distributed, at least (1 - 1/k 2 ) of the values will fall within k standard deviations of the mean (for k > 1) Examples: (1 - 1/1 2 ) = 0% ……..... k=1 (μ ± 1σ) (1 - 1/2 2 ) = 75% … k=2 (μ ± 2σ) (1 - 1/3 2 ) = 89% ………. k=3 (μ ± 3σ) Chebyshevs Theorem withinAt least (continued)

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-34 If the data distribution is bell-shaped, then the interval: contains about 68% of the values in the population or the sample The Empirical Rule 68%

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-35 contains about 95% of the values in the population or the sample contains about 99.7% of the values in the population or the sample The Empirical Rule 99.7%95%

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-36 Coefficient of Variation Measures relative variation Always in percentage (%) Shows variation relative to mean Can be used to compare two or more sets of data measured in different units

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-37 Comparing Coefficient of Variation Stock A: Average price last year = $50 Standard deviation = $5 Stock B: Average price last year = $100 Standard deviation = $5 Both stocks have the same standard deviation, but stock B is less variable relative to its price

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-38 Using Microsoft Excel Descriptive Statistics can be obtained from Microsoft ® Excel Use menu choice: tools / data analysis / descriptive statistics Enter details in dialog box

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-39 Using Excel Use menu choice: tools / data analysis / descriptive statistics

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-40 Enter dialog box details Check box for summary statistics Click OK Using Excel (continued)

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-41 Excel output Microsoft Excel descriptive statistics output, using the house price data: House Prices: $2,000, , , , ,000

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-42 Weighted Mean The weighted mean of a set of data is Where w i is the weight of the i th observation Use when data is already grouped into n classes, with w i values in the i th class

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-43 Approximations for Grouped Data Suppose a data set contains values m 1, m 2,..., m k, occurring with frequencies f 1, f 2,... f K For a population of N observations the mean is For a sample of n observations, the mean is

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-44 Approximations for Grouped Data Suppose a data set contains values m 1, m 2,..., m k, occurring with frequencies f 1, f 2,... f K For a population of N observations the variance is For a sample of n observations, the variance is

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-45 The Sample Covariance The covariance measures the strength of the linear relationship between two variables The population covariance: The sample covariance: Only concerned with the strength of the relationship No causal effect is implied

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-46 Covariance between two variables: Cov(x,y) > 0 x and y tend to move in the same direction Cov(x,y) < 0 x and y tend to move in opposite directions Cov(x,y) = 0 x and y are independent Interpreting Covariance

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-47 Coefficient of Correlation Measures the relative strength of the linear relationship between two variables Population correlation coefficient: Sample correlation coefficient:

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-48 Features of Correlation Coefficient, r Unit free Ranges between –1 and 1 The closer to –1, the stronger the negative linear relationship The closer to 1, the stronger the positive linear relationship The closer to 0, the weaker any positive linear relationship

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-49 Scatter Plots of Data with Various Correlation Coefficients Y X Y X Y X Y X Y X r = -1 r = -.6r = 0 r = +.3 r = +1 Y X r = 0

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-50 Using Excel to Find the Correlation Coefficient Select Tools/Data Analysis Choose Correlation from the selection menu Click OK...

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-51 Using Excel to Find the Correlation Coefficient Input data range and select appropriate options Click OK to get output (continued)

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-52 Interpreting the Result r =.733 There is a relatively strong positive linear relationship between test score #1 and test score #2 Students who scored high on the first test tended to score high on second test

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-53 Obtaining Linear Relationships An equation can be fit to show the best linear relationship between two variables: Y = β 0 + β 1 X Where Y is the dependent variable and X is the independent variable

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-54 Least Squares Regression Estimates for coefficients β 0 and β 1 are found to minimize the sum of the squared residuals The least-squares regression line, based on sample data, is Where b 1 is the slope of the line and b 0 is the y- intercept:

Statistics for Business and Economics, 6e © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Chap 3-55 Chapter Summary Described measures of central tendency Mean, median, mode Illustrated the shape of the distribution Symmetric, skewed Described measures of variation Range, interquartile range, variance and standard deviation, coefficient of variation Discussed measures of grouped data Calculated measures of relationships between variables covariance and correlation coefficient