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A geometric view of the mean of a set of numbers
Author(s) -
Sarkar Jyotirmoy,
Rashid Mamunur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/test.12101
Subject(s) - statistics , mathematics , cumulative distribution function , geometric mean , empirical distribution function , sample (material) , histogram , geometric distribution , data set , visualization , sample mean and sample covariance , computer science , artificial intelligence , probability distribution , probability density function , chemistry , chromatography , estimator , image (mathematics)
Summary The sample mean is sometimes depicted as a fulcrum placed under the Dot plot. We provide an alternative geometric visualization of the sample mean using the empirical cumulative distribution function or the cumulative histogram data.