Describing Data

A data display using bars to display data grouped into intervals

• bar graph
• line graph
• stem and leaf plot
• histogram

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

• outlier
• inlier
• immalier
• sublier

In a data display, this is a break, space, or opening between values where no value occurs.

• gap
• hole
• symmetric
• peak

A way to describe the shape of a data display that has two modes or peaks.

• unimodal
• bimodal
• multimodal
• uniform

A way to describe the shape of a data display that has a single mode or peak.

• unimodal
• bimodal
• multimodal
• uniform

Describing the shape of a data set that has the same values across the entire display.

• symmetric
• unimodal
• skewed
• uniform

Describing the shape of a data set that is a mirror image one both sides of the center point.

• symmetrical
• unimodal
• skewed
• uniform

An indication of a data display that shows where the data is at its highest point.

• cluster
• gap
• peak
• outlier

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A way to describe the way that a data display looks visually, including skewed, symmetric, unimodal, bimodal, and uniform.

• measures of center
• peak
• shape
• cluster