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
button. If you can’t see the button, click the small triangle in the top right corner of the new window. = 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.