Describing Data Distributions

Describing Data
Distributions

Peak- the highest point of data

Cluster- a group of data together.

Clusters and Peaks

​Outlier

• ​An outlier is a value far from the rest of the data in a set

• ​Removing or adding an outlier will affect the range

• Removing or adding an outlier will not (most of the time) affect the median

• Removing or adding an outlier will affect the mean​

Multiple Choice

What is a peak on a graph.

• The highest point in a cluster.

• No point at all.

• The lowest point.

• All of the Above.

Multiple Choice

What is a Gap?

• A space in between data points

• That clothing company

• Two close together data points

Multiple Choice

What number is the peak?

• Less than 15

• 50

• Greater than 65

• 60

Multiple Choice

What is the shape of this bar graph?

• Skew right

• Skew left

• Symmetrical

• uniform

Multiple Choice

• skewed left

• skewed right

• symmetrical

Multiple Choice

What type of distribution is given?

• Right Skewed

• Left Skewed

• Normal

Multiple Choice

Describe the shape of the distribution.
 

• Skewed Left
• Skewed Right
• Uniform
• Normal

Multiple Choice

Describe the shape of the distribution.
 

• Skewed Left
• Skewed Right
• Uniform
• Normal

Multiple Choice

Describe the shape of the distribution.
 

• Skewed Left
• Skewed Right
• Symmetric
• Uniform

Multiple Choice

A data value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a data set.

• outlier
• inlier
• immalier
• sublier

Multiple Choice

10.)Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• SKEWED LEFT

• SKEWED RIGHT

• SYMMETRICAL

Multiple Choice

8.)What is the shape of the distribution?

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric

• Bimodal

Multiple Choice

5.)Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• SKEWED LEFT

• SKEWED RIGHT

• UNIFORM

• SYMMETRICAL

Multiple Choice

What is the shape of the data?

• symmetrical

• skewed left

• skewed right

• bell curve

Multiple Choice

Is there an outlier in the following set of data?

8, 45, 45, 47, 48, 48, 49, 50

• yes

• no