Finding the Central Clump
Lesson
In the previous lesson, you learned about an important characteristic of a distribution—its shape. The shape of a distribution gives us an idea about how data values are arranged along the axis. It also tells us the most frequently occurring values, how much do the data vary, and whether most of the values are clustered on one end of the axis or spread evenly around the middle. In this lesson, you will make a shift to studying the characteristic of the whole group in which outstanding individuals may cease to be as important! You will learn to exclude the individuals who are on either ends of the distributions to find the typical characteristics of the majority. To this end, you will focus your attention on the central clump of the distribution. In this lesson, you will: Locate the central clump to figure out what is typical of the group Deepen your understanding of the term typical Acknowledge variability in the data values when describing what is typical