•Jaslyn King
A simple guide to how data “spread” actually works
When people think about analyzing data, the first instinct is often to look at averages. But averages only show where the center sits...
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•Jaslyn King
Why We Square in Variance: A Simple, Practical Way to Understand Statistical “Spread”
When you’re working with data, one of the first questions you end up asking is, “How far do these values drift from the center?” Variance is one way to answer that ...
•Jaslyn King
Why the IQR Rule Uses 1.5 - and What That Really Means
When we talk about outliers, we’re really asking a simple question: “Which points sit unusually far from the rest of the data?”