6th grade Graphing Vocabulary

 Data is not equally spread out. The shape created does not mirror across a line in the center.

• Clustered

• Asymmetrical

• Gap

• Dot Plot

Displays a five-number summary of a set of data. Includes the minimum, maximum, first quartile, median, and third quartile. This plot can help us see the distribution of the data split into quarters, or fourths.

• Frequency Table

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot (Box-and-Whiskers Plot)

• Categorical Data

Data that is sorted into groups or categories

• Categorical Data

• Interval

• Histogram

• Interpret

Several data points together within a small interval

• Gap

• Peak

• Mode

• Clustered

 Information, often expressed as numbers

• Dot Plot

• Data

• Interpret

• Measures of Center (Central Tendency)

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5A

 a graphical display of data using dots

• Median

• Mean

• Data

• Dot Plot

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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 A tool for organizing data in order and recording how often the data occurs 

• Gap

• Frequency Table

• Outlier

• Peak

An interval that contains no data, or an open space between data points

• Mean

• Numerical Data

• Mean

• Gap

A graph that displays the data that is grouped by ranges. The height of the bars show how many are in each range

• Percent Bar Graph

• Histogram

• Lower Quartile (Q1)

• Dot Plot

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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 To take information from a graph and use it to see patterns, answer questions about what was or is happening, solve problems, or make predictions

• Plot

• Summarize

• Skewed Right

• Interpret

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5B