Data

Statistics

Terms

7 terms

  • Correlation

    Correlation in statistics measures how strongly two variables move together, summarized by a coefficient between -1 and +1 such as Pearson's r.

  • Mean

    The mean in statistics is the sum of all values divided by their count, the balance point of a dataset and the most widely used measure…

  • Median

    The median in statistics is the middle value of an ordered dataset, a robust measure of central tendency that resists outliers and skewed distributions.

  • Mode · statistics

    In statistics, the mode is the most frequent value in a dataset or the peak of a distribution, the only average that also works for categorical…

  • Percentile

    A percentile is the value below which a given percentage of observations in a dataset falls, used in statistics to describe position and spread.

  • Standard deviation

    Standard deviation in statistics measures how far values typically spread around their mean, expressed in the same units as the data.

  • Variance

    Variance in statistics measures how far values spread around their mean, calculated as the average squared deviation and expressed in squared units.