In this entry we’ll examine how to use GeoGebra to find: Minimum, maximum, quartiles, median, mode, mean and standard deviation, using a list of raw data. You can also find them individually by using commands.
The mode does not show up if you use One Variable Analysis . You have to use a command to find it instead.
GeoGebra Instruction 1
One Variable Analysis Spreadsheet mode under View in Menu. A. One Variable Analysis Show Statistics = standard deviation (population)
s = standard deviation (sample),
Min = mininum,
Max = maximum,
Q1 = the first quartile,
Q3 = the third quartile.
The median and mean are also provided.
GeoGebra Instruction 2
Open Algebra View and Spreadsheet mode under
View in
Menu.
Enter your observations into column A in Spreadsheet mode. Select all the cells containing data and click List in
Toolbar. Change Name to Data and click OK. The list will be saved in Algebra View.
To find the minimum, use the command
Min(<List>)
or
Min(<List of Data>, <List of Frequencies>)
To find the first quartile, use the command
Quartile1(<List of Raw Data>)
or
Quartile1(<List of Numbers>, <List of Frequencies>)
To find the median, use the command
Median(<List of Raw Data>)
or
Median(<List of Numbers>, <List of Frequencies>)
To find the third quartile, use the command
Quartile3(<List of Raw Data>)
or
Quartile3(<List of Numbers>, <List of Frequencies>)
To find the maximum, use the command
Max(<List>)
or
Max(<List of Data>, <List of Frequencies>)
To find the mode, use the command
Mode(<List of Numbers>)
To find the mean, use the command:
Mean(<List of Raw Data>)
To find the variance, use the command
Variance(<List of Numbers>)
To find the standard deviation, use the command
Stdev(<List of Raw Data>)
to get the standard deviation of a sample, or
Stdevp(<List of Raw Data>)
to get the standard deviation of a population.