Ch.9 - Statistical Measures Vocabulary

What is the definition of the range?

• The average

• The number that occurs the most

• The middle number

• The difference between the greatest value and the least value of a data set.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

How do you find the mean?

• Find the sum of the data then divide the sum by the number of data values

• The middle number

• The difference between the highest and lowest numbers

• The number that occurs the most

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

When finding the median, what do you do if there are two middle numbers?

• Add them together and divide by 2
• Write them both as the answer
• Give up
• Pick one

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

To find the average of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

• 2

• The minimum

• The maximum

• The number of data values

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True
• False

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the median?

• biggest- smallest
• average
• the middle #
• # that happens the most

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mode?

• # that occurs the most

• the average

• biggest - smallest

• the middle #

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The middle number of an ordered set of data is called what?

• mean

• median

• mode

• outlier

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The ___ is the data value(s) that occur the most often.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

A(n) ____ of a data set is much greater or much less than the other data values.

• mean

• median

• mode

• outlier

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.3