TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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The Home screen on the TI-84 Plus calculator offers a few statistics commands with which you might want to familiarize yourself. To access the Stat List MATH menu, as shown in the first screen , press

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For example, you can quickly calculate the mean of a short list of numbers. On a Home screen, press

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to insert the mean( command. Press [2nd][(] and enter a list of numbers separated by commas, or press [2nd][1] to insert list L1. See the second screen shown here.

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You can use the 1-Var Stats Wizard

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to calculate the min, max, Q1, Q3, median, mean, and standard deviation of a data list.

If you are taking a statistics course, check out the Stat TESTS menu by pressing

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as shown in the third screen.

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Jeff McCalla is a mathematics teacher at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, TN. He cofounded the TI-Nspire SuperUser group, and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science & Mathematics Teaching.

C.C. Edwards is an educator who has presented numerous workshops on using TI calculators.

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