Trends, Correlations, and Statistical Summaries

Statistical summaries are useful for summarizing a group of points. You may want to see different quantities (such as the minimum, maximum, mean, median, or quantiles) for a time series plot or a line chart that includes multiple y values for a given x value. We will use the financial data from Facebook and the statistical summary tool to better understand the trends.

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