18/03/2025
Matric 2025
Nayi Update on MATH.LIT
DATA HANDLING
1. SUMMARISING DATA
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this section, you must be able to do the following:
• Calculate the mean.
• Calculate the median.
• Identify the mode for arranged data.
• Calculate the range.
• Analyse measures of central tendency and make deduction about the
trends in the data.
2.Summary
2.1Summarising Data
Once the collected data has been classified and organised, it is important to
summarise the data, in order to provide additional information regarding the
trends of the data set.
3.Measures of Central Tendency
There are 3 measures of central tendency
- Mean
-Median
- Mode
1.MEAN
-the formula used:
Mean = Sum of values DEVIDE.BY number of values.
-It can be only be calculated if the data set is numerical
2.MEDIAN
-All data values must be arranged in ascending order.
-it is a middle value.
3. MODE
-it the number that appears the most