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(2c) How to determine mean, standard deviation and 5-number summary using the Casio
fx-9860GII
The Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball League had 14 players on the
roster for the 2008 season. The players and their average points per game (PPG) are shown
below.
Player
Diana
Taurasi
Cappie
Poindexter
Tangela
Smith
Le’coe
Willingham
Kelly
Miller
Kelly
Mazzante
LaToya
Pringle
PPG 24.1 21.2 11.1 10.1 8.3 5.8 4.4
Player
Brooke
Smith
Barbara
Farris
Olympia
Scott
Yuko
Oga
Allie
Quigley
Willnett
Crockett
Jennifer
Derevjanik
PPG 4.1 3.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.8 0.8
(Source: www.wnba.com/mercury/stats)
1. From the main menu, highlight the STAT icon
and press l. If any list contains data, highlight
any entry in the list and then press u( ),
>
r(DEL-A), then q to delete all entries in that
list. Repeat for each list containing data.
2. Enter the PPG data into List 1, pressing
l
after each entry.
3. Press w(CALC), then q(1VAR) to display all of
the 1-variable calculations for the data set. Scroll
down to view more calculations.