Data and Statistics Vocabulary Review

A collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, and observations

• data

• categorical data

• numerical data

• trend

• central tendency

A descriptive summary of a dataset through a single value that reflects the center of the data distribution.

• data

• categorical data

• numerical data

• trend

• central tendency

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

data expressed in numbers

• data

• categorical data

• numerical data

• trend

• central tendency

How a set of data changes over time (increases, decreases, stays the same, ect.)

• data

• categorical data

• numerical data

• trend

• central tendency

Data that can be divided into specific groups, such as favorite color, age group, type of food, sport, ect.

• data

• categorical data

• numerical data

• trend

• central tendency

A table that lists a set of scores and their frequency (how many times each one occurs)

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Frequency Distribution

A graphical display of data using bars of different heights that groups numbers into ranges. The height of each bar shows how many fall into each range.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• frequency distribution

This chart shows the five number summary of a set of data.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Frequency Distribution

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

A graph that shows information that is connected in some way and often shows change over time.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Frequency Distribution

A graphical display of data using bars of different height. Each bar represents a single category of data.

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Box and Whisker Plot

• Frequency Distribution