Data Vocabulary

A collection of facts such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things.

• Mean

• Data

• Skewed

• Population

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5B

A value at the center or middle of a data set.

• Quartile 3

• Box Plot

• Spread

• Measure of Center

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

A graph that shows how data are distributed by using median, quartiles, least and greatest values

• Dot Plot

• Circle Graph

• Box Plot

• Range

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

• Quartile 3

• Quartile 1

• Interquartile Range

• Biased

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The sum of the items in a set of data divided by the number of items in the set; also called the average

• Median

• Mode

• Range

• Mean

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Used to describe the variablity in a sample or population

• Circle Graph

• Spread

• Random

• Skewed

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

The middle number in a set if numbers that are listed in order from least to greatest.

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

A circular chart divided into sections that each represent a percentage of the total.

• Dot Plot

• Circle Graph

• Box Plot

• Random

Everyone/everything has an equal chance of being selected.

• Skewed

• Spread

• Random

• Population

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The difference between the upper and lower quartiles in a box plot. Q3 - Q1

• Quartile 3

• Quartile 1

• Median

• Interquartile Range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C