Unit 1 Statistics - Summative Vocabulary Quiz

Statistics

• a question that can be answered with a variety of answers
• the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data
• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set
• a measure of center in a set of data, the average

Statistical question

• a question that can be answered with a variety of answers
• the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data
• the number that appears the most in a set of data
• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set

Mean

• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set
• is the middle value when the data set is ordered from least to greatest
• the number that appears the most in a set of data
• a measure of center in a set of data, the average.

Mode

• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set
• the number that appears the most in a set of data
• a measure of center in a set of data, the average.
• is the middle value when the data set is ordered from least to greatest

Median

• is the middle value when the data set is ordered from least to greatest
• the number that appears the most in a set of data
• a number in a data set that is much smaller or larger than the other numbers in the data set.
• a measure of center in a set of data, the average.

Range

• a number in a data set that is much smaller or larger than the other numbers in the data set.
• the number that appears the most in a set of data
• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set
• a measure of center in a set of data, the average

Outlier

• a measure of center in a set of data, the average
• a number in a data set that is much smaller or larger than the other numbers in the data set.
• difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the data set
• is the middle value when the data set is ordered from least to greatest

Measures of Center

• the measure of how far the data ranges from the center of data
• An uneven representation of a set of data
• a single number used to describe a set of numeric data
• the number of times the data value occurs

Measures of Spread

• the measure of how far the data ranges from the center of data
• the number of times the data value occurs
• An uneven representation of a set of data
• a single number used to describe a set of numeric data

Variability

• An uneven representation of a set of data
• how spread out a group of data is
• the number of times the data value occurs
• a graphical display of a set of data, while using dots for each data point