IMGD 2905 - Data Analysis for Game Development

Breakout 3 - Measures of Dispersion

(6 minutes)

Introduction

• Introduce yourselves!

• Icebreaker: What is your favorite Nintendo game?

Groupwork

For each question:

1. Think about an answer yourself
2. Discuss your answer with your partner
3. Both write down your joint answer(s)

You will email your answers to the professor. Make sure to include both names on the email.

Measures of Dispersion

Consider the below sets of numbers.

Set A:  2  4  6  8  10
Set B:  2  9  9  10 10

What are all the different ways of representing the dispersion of groups of numbers using just one number?

What are the pros and cons of each, in general?