Statistics Vocabulary Practice

the science of collecting data

• inference

• mode

• statistics

• population

the middle number when numbers are placed in ascending order

• median

• range

• population

• mode

the difference between Q3 and Q1 in a box plot- Q1 - Q3 contains the middle 50% of the data

• random sample

• representative sample

• interquartile range

• median

the number(s) repeated most often

• range

• mode

• random sample

• population

when each member of the population has an equal chance of being chosen to be a part of the representative sample

• statistics

• random sample

• measures of variation

• mean absolute deviation

the entire group with which you are trying to draw conclusions about

• population

• inference

• measures of center

• range

a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• range

• inference

• representative sample

• statistics

the sum of all values divided by the total number of values

• mode

• range

• population

• mean

the subset of a population that represents the characteristics of the population

• random sample

• representative sample

• measures of center

• interquartile range

the difference between the largest value and the smallest value                                                  

• mean absolute deviation

• range

• random sample

• statistics