Drawing a med-med graph -5-6, Drawing a med-med graph – Casio ClassPad 300 PLUS User Manual

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Drawing a Med-Med Graph

When you suspect that the data contains extreme values, you should use the Med-Med
graph (which is based on medians) in place of the linear regression graph. Med-Med graph is
similar to the linear regression graph, but it also minimizes the effects of extreme values.

u ClassPad Operation

Start the graphing operation from the Statistics application’s Graph window or List window.

From the Graph window
Tap [Calc] [MedMed Line] [OK] [OK] ".

From the List window
Tap [SetGraph][Setting...], or G.

On the Set StatGraphs dialog box that appears, configure a StatGraph setup with the
setting shown below, and then tap [Set].

Type: MedMed

Tap y to draw the graph.

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Graphing Paired-Variable Statistical Data

The following is the Med-Med model formula.

y

=

a

·x

+

b

a

: Med-Med graph slope

b

: Med-Med graph

y

-intercept

Tip

• When specifying a list of frequency values, make sure that the list contains positive integers only.

Non-integer values (such as those with a decimal part) cause an error during statistical
calculations.

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