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Which set of summary statistics should one use to describe a data set?
- Five Number Summary:
-Use if the data contain potential extreme values.
-If the data come from a skewed distribution, the quartiles do a better job of capturing the asymmetric spread than the standard deviation.
- Mean and Standard Deviation:
-Best used when the data come from a reasonably symmetric distribution, free from extreme values.