Measures of Center Vocabulary

The __________ is the middle number, or the mean of the two middle numbers, of the ordered data in a set.

• mean

• range

• median

• mean absolute deviation

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

The __________ of the data set is the sum of the data divided by the number of pieces of data.

• third quartile

• mean

• measures of center

• mode

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

__________ are values that divide the data set into four equal parts.

• outliers

• average

• measures of variation

• quartiles

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Extremely high or low values in a data set are called __________ .

• outliers

• median

• mode

• first quartile

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

• average

• mode

• quartiles

• mean

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

The __________ is the difference between the greatest and least data values.

• measures of center

• third quartile

• range

• outliers

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

__________ is a common term used to refer to the measure of central tendency otherwise known as the mean.

• measures of center

• mean absolute deviation

• quartiles

• average

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Numbers called __________ can be used to describe the center of data.

• measures of center

• quartiles

• outliers

• range

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

The _________ is the median of the lower half of the set of data.

• median

• mean

• first quartile

• mode

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The __________ of a set of data is the average distance between each data value and the mean.

• mean absolute deviation

• measures of center

• range

• outliers

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C