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Publication Date: 2016
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A Geometric View of the Mean of a Set of Numbers
Sarkar, Jyotirmoy; Rashid, Mamunur
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v38 n3 p77-82 Aut 2016
The sample mean is sometimes depicted as a fulcrum placed under the Dot plot. We provide an alternative geometric visualization of the sample mean using the empirical cumulative distribution function or the cumulative histogram data.
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Numbers, Statistical Distributions, Graphs, Data, Statistics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics
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