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Computing means

The mean of all measurements gives an indication of the typical magnitude of a measurement. It is computed using np.mean().

This exercise is part of the course

Statistical Thinking in Python (Part 1)

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Exercise instructions

  • Compute the mean petal length of Iris versicolor from Anderson's classic data set. The variable versicolor_petal_length is provided in your namespace. Assign the mean to mean_length_vers.
  • Hit submit to print the result.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Compute the mean: mean_length_vers


# Print the result with some nice formatting
print('I. versicolor:', mean_length_vers, 'cm')
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