Topic 8 Vocabulary

Match the following

• Data Distribution

• a statistical graph that shows the shape of a data set with vertical bars above intervals of values on a number line

• Frequency Table

• measures the distance that the data value is from the mean

• Histogram

• shows the number of times a data value or values occur in the data set

• Box Plot

• describes the way data values are spread out over all possible values

• Absolute Deviation

• a statistical graph that shows the distribution of a data set by marking five boundary points where data occur along a number line

Match the following

• Interquartile Range

• the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set

• Mean Absolute Deviation

• the sum of the data values divided by the number of values in the data set

• Mode

• the item or items in a data set that occurs most frequently

• Mean

• describes how much the data values are spread out from the mean of a data set

• Median

• the middle value when data values are arranged in numerical order

Match the following

• Statistical Question

• a piece of data that does not seem to fit with the rest of a data set

• Non-Statistical Question

• difference between the greatest and least values in a data set

• Range

• a question with only one answer

• Quartiles

• divide the data set into four parts with the same number of data values in each part

• Outlier

• a question that can have variety in the responses

Match the following

• Mean Absolute Deviation

• a statistical graph that shows the distribution of a data set by marking five boundary points where data occur along a number line

• Mode

• the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set

• Box Plot

• the item or items in a data set that occurs most frequently

• Frequency Table

• shows the number of times a data value or values occur in the data set

• Interquartile Range

• describes how much the data values are spread out from the mean of a data set

Match the following

• Absolute Deviation

• describes the way data values are spread out over all possible values

• Outlier

• measures the distance that the data value is from the mean

• Histogram

• difference between the greatest and least values in a data set

• Data Distribution

• a statistical graph that shows the shape of a data set with vertical bars above intervals of values on a number line

• Range

• a piece of data that does not seem to fit with the rest of a data set

Match the following

• Median

• a question with only one answer

• Statistical

• the sum of the data values divided by the number of values in the data set

• Mean

• a question that can have variety in the responses

• Non-Statistical

• divide the data set into four parts with the same number of data values in each part

• Quartiles

• the middle value when data values are arranged in numerical order