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jamovi · Statistical analysis

Inspect mean and median together

Avoid reducing a numeric variable to one summary.

3 min readScope: Descriptives / current documentation

Try it in three steps

  1. Open the data and check the column’s measurement type.
  2. Add the numeric variable to Descriptives.
  3. Inspect mean, median, standard deviation and histogram together.

How to read the output

Example: A few long journeys can pull mean travel time away from the median.

Test your understanding.

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It is useful to inspect a distribution plot alongside the mean.

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