Context in Data

Mean

On average, the “context” is “mean”
ex: On average, students at ABC highschool study 2.5 hours per day.

Median

About 50% of the “context” is at or below “median”
ex: About 50% of the students at ABC highschool’s studying time is at or below 2.3 hours per day.

Standard Deviation

The “context” is typically “Sx” away from its mean of “mean”
or
The typical distance from the mean of “mean of “context” is “Sx”
ex: The hours studied by students at ABC highschool is typically 1.3 hours per day away from the mean of 2.5 hours per day.
The typical distance from the mean (2.5 hours per day) of ABC highschool students’ studying time is 1.3 hours per day.

Interquartile Range (IQR)

The middle half of the data has a range of “IQR”
ex: The middle half of the data of ABC highschool students’ studying times have a range of 4.5 hours.

Range

The difference between the “biggest in context” and the “smallest in context” is “range”
ex: The difference between the most hours spent studying and the least hours spent studying by ABC highschool students is 6 hours.
The difference between the tallest student and the shortest student at ABC highschool is 0.35 meters.