A column of numbers, described honestly FIGURES
The mean is the balance point, so one large value drags it. Average household income is not what a household earns, and average response time is not what a caller waits.
The numbers
One per line, or separated by spaces or commas. Currency symbols and thousands separators are ignored.
The summary
Quartiles by linear interpolation between order statistics, which is what most statistical software uses. Nine published definitions of a quartile exist and they disagree on small samples, so the one in use is named rather than assumed.
What the mean is and is not telling you
The shape
A shape is worth more than any of the numbers above it, and one made of characters can be pasted into an email.
The report
How it works
FIGURES describes a set of numbers honestly: mean, median, quartiles and spread. It flags outliers and data with two humps, where a single average misleads, and says which quartile definition it used. Your data stays in this tab.
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