Math 8 Chapter 6 Vocabulary Practice

Front

A data display that shows the relationship between two data sets using ordered pairs in a coordinate plane.

Back

scatter plot

Front

A line drawn on a scatter plot close to most of the data points; The line can be used to estimate data on a graph.

Back

line of fit

Front

Out of all possible lines of fit, the line that best models a set of data.

Back

line of best fit

Front

A frequency table that displays two categories of data collected from the same source.

Back

two-way table

Front

Each entry in a two-way table.

Back

joint frequency

Front

The total number of occurrences of a particular category in a two-way table.

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marginal frequency

Front

A graphical representation of data using dots to represent values for two different variables.

Back

scatter plot

Front

A method used to summarize data by showing the frequency of data points in categories.

Back

frequency table

Front

A table that shows the relationship between two variables, with one variable represented in rows and the other in columns.

Back

two-way table

Front

The line that minimizes the distance between itself and all the data points in a scatter plot.

Back

line of best fit