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Effects of adding and multiplying constants on center and spread
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- 1How does adding or subtracting a constant affect spread?Means adding the same number (+,-, or 0) to each observation.
- 2What are examples of measure and center and locationMean, median, quartiles, percentiles
- 3How does adding or subtracting a constant affect center and location?Adds x to it.
- 4How does adding or subtracting a constant affect shape and spread ?Does not change either the shape or the spread.
- 5How does multiplying or dividing a constant affect spread ?Multiplies/divides measures of spread range, IQR, standard deviation by
|b| - 6How does multiplying or dividing a constant affect center and location ?Multiplies/divides mean median quartiles and percentiles by that number.
- 7How does multiplying or dividing a constant affect shape?It does not change anything.
- 8In conclusion, what stays the same when adding or subtracting a constant?range, IQR, standard deviation
- 9In conclusion, what stays the same when multiplying or dividing a constant?Shape
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