Measures of Central Tendency and Graphing Vocabulary

a running total of frequencies

• cumulative frequency

• line

  graph

• bar graph

• pictograph

a data value that is well-separated from other data values in a set

• outlier

• mean

• median

• mode

an average of a group of numbers, found by adding all of the

data and dividing by the amount of numbers

• outlier

• mean

• median

• mode

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

the number or item that occurs most often in a set of data

• outlier

• mean

• median

• mode

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

the difference between the greatest and the least in a set of data

• range

• mean

• median

• mode

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

the middle number when data are arranged in order

• range

• mean

• median

• mode

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

the difference between one number and the next on the scale

• range

• scale

• interval

• trend

Tags

CCSS.HSN.Q.A.1

the series of numbers placed at fixed distances on a graph

• range

• scale

• interval

• trend

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.B.5

a pattern over time, such as increasing, decreasing, or staying the same, that is shown by data in part or all of the graph

• range

• scale

• interval

• trend

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.3

a graph that shows how data change over time

• cumulative frequency

• line

  graph

• bar graph

• pictograph