Module 12 Vocabulary

A Plot that shows how data are distributed by using the median, quartiles, least value, and greatest value.

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot (box and whisker plot)

• Data

• Stem and Leaf Plot

Numbers which have been collected for study.

• Data

• Mode

• Spread

• Survey

A plot that analyzes a data set, especially with respect to its center and spread.

• Box Plot

• Dot Plot

• Stem and Leaf Plot

• Survey

The difference between the upper and lower quartiles in a box and whisker plot.

• lower quartile

• upper quartile

• Interquartile range

• Sample

The median of the lower half of a set of data

• lower quartile

• upper quartile

• Interquartile range

• Sample

The middle number in an ordered set of data.

• Mode

• Mean

• Ranger

• Median

The number or numbers that occur the most frequently in a set of data.

• Mode

• Median

• Range

• Mean

The measure of how far the numbers in a data set are away from the mean or median.

• Survey

• Sample

• Mode

• Spread

To gather information by individual samples so as to learn about the whole thing.

• Spread

• Population

• Survey

• Sample

The median of the upper half of a set of data.

• lower quartile

• upper quartile

• Interquartile range

• Sample