Math Vocabulary 3

The distance between the greatest number and the least number in a set of data.

• Mean 
• Median
• Range
• Mode

A question that anticipates and accounts for a variety of answers.

• Statistical Question
• Range
• Mean
• Box Plot

A value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a set of data.

• Outlier
• Box Plot
• Range
• Histogram

Describe the shape of the graph.

• Skewed right
• Skewed left
• Uniform
• Symmetrical

A bar graph used to display data grouped into intervals.

• bar graph
• line graph
• stem and leaf plot
• histogram

How is the data distributed in this histogram?

• Symmetrically

• Skewed Right

• Skewed Left

How is the data distributed in this histogram?

• Symmetrically

• Skewed Right

• Skewed Left

Data that can be placed on a numerical scale.

• categorical data
• sample
• population
• quantitative data

The facts or numbers are called...

• data
• skewed right
• distribution
• statistic

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

• 2
• The minimum
• The maximum
• The number of items