Vocabulary: Summarize and Describe Distributions

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Line plot

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A plot that gathers data on a number line.

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Bins

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Equally-spaced intervals that we use to sort data on a graph.

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Bar graph

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A graph that represents data using vertical or horizontal bars.

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Histogram

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A type of bar graph that displays ranges of data.

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y-axis

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The vertical axis. In histograms, it shows the number of values in a range.

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x-axis

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The horizontal axis. In histograms, it shows the range of measurements for each bin.

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Lower quartile

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A value, to the left of which 25% of the data lies.

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Frequency

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The number of times a data point appears in a dataset.

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Median

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The middle value of a dataset when it is ordered from least to greatest.

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Outlier

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A data point that is significantly different from other data points in a dataset.