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1.6 Variance and standard deviation | Basic Statistics | Exploring Data | UvA

This video discusses two other measures of variability that are often used in statistical studies: the variance and the standard deviation. You learn how to calculate the variance and standard…

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4.4 The variance of a random variable | Basic Statistics | Probability Distributions | UvA

This video explains how the variance of a random variable is calculated. You also learn what happens with the variance when adjusting a random variable or when combining different random variables.

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4.3 The mean of a random variable | Basic Statistics | Probability Distributions | UvA

This video explains how to calculate the mean of a probability distribution. You also learn what happens with the mean when adjusting a random variable or when combining different random variables.

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1.5 Range, interquartile range and box plot | Basic Statistics | Exploring Data | UvA

To describe a distribution you need more information than the measures of central tendency. You also need information about the variability (or dispersion) of the data. Matthijs discusses the…

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1.4 Mode, median and mean | Basic Statistics | Exploring Data | UvA

Next to summarizing a distribution by means of graphs, it can also be useful to summarize the center of your distribution. In this video Matthijs discusses three main ways to do this: the mode, mean…

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