SOCS is a useful acronym that we can use to remember these four things. It stands for “shape, outliers, center, spread.”

What is SOCS for?

SoCs can be applied to any computing task. However, they are typically used in mobile computing such as tablets, smartphones, smartwatches and netbooks as well as embedded systems and in applications where previously microcontrollers would be used.

How do you describe distribution in statistics?

The main measure of spread that you should know for describing distributions on the AP® Statistics exam is the range. The range is simply the distance from the lowest score in your distribution to the highest score. ... The IQR is the range of the middle 50% of the data.