Understanding the distribution of ages
As an analyst at a social networking site trying to match like minded singles, you decide to first explore profile ages. This is a basic profile attribute but this alone is often an important factor in relationships.
While you might expect that most people searching for love will tend to be younger, you should verify this by using statistics to better understand the distribution of ages.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Statistics in Google Sheets
Exercise instructions
- In
D2
, calculate the mean age. - In
E2
, identify the maximum age among all sampled user profiles. - In
F2
, calculate the minimum age.
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