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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Variability / Dispersion


Range
Mean: = or =

Interquartile Range (IQR)


Median: the middle observation
Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)
Mode: the observation(s) which occurred most
frequently
Variance

Measures of Other Location Standard Deviation


Quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
Coefficient of Variation (CV) /
Deciles (D1, D2, D3, D4, , D10) Relative Standard Deviation (RSD)

Percentiles (P1, P2, P3, P4, , P100)

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Examples:
Word Problem 1: Breaking force of seven randomly selected ibuprofen tablets were measured using 8M
tablet hardness tester. Breaking force is the resistance of the tablet against the applied force until it breaks.
Results are as follows (in kP):
11.6 14.1 9.7 10.0 10.8 10.0 10.8
Compute for the following:
1. Mean 4. 1st Quartile 7. Range

8. Interquartile Range

9. Variance
2. Median 5. 3rd Decile

10. Standard Deviation


3. Mode 6. 75th Percentile

11. Coefficient of
Variation

Statistics for Pharmaceutical Sciences Prepared by: Asst. Prof. Xandro Alexi A. Nieto
Word Problem 2: USP disintegration time of six randomly selected tablets with breaking force
of 10 kP were gathered. Results (in sec) are as follows:
27 40 36 41 40 26
Compute for the following:
1. Mean 4. 3rd Quartile 7. Range

8. Interquartile Range

9. Variance
2. Median 5. 7th Decile

10. Standard Deviation

3. Mode 6. 25th Percentile


11. Relative Standard
Deviation

Word Problem 3: Cholesterol levels (in mg/dL) of all the residents of Katiting Island were
recorded. Data are as follows: 61.3 62.4 69.1 64.1
68.3 65.3 66.0 71.5
Compute for the following:
1. Mean 4. 1st Quartile 7. Interquartile Range

8. Variance

5. 17th Percentile
2. Median

9. Standard Deviation

6. Range

3. Mode 10. Coefficient of Variation

Statistics for Pharmaceutical Sciences Prepared by: Asst. Prof. Xandro Alexi A. Nieto

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