Stats Vocabulary Review

_______ is a part of a group being surveyed.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for research.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

What's your favorite subject in school?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

How many siblings do you have?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Which of the following lists all parts of the five number summary?

• Mean, Median, Mode, Range, and Total
• Minimum, Quartile 1, Median, Quartile 3, and Maximum 
• Smallest, Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4
• Minimum, Maximum, Range, Mean, and Median

What is a the meaning for "median"?

• A. fair share
• B. middle
• C. repeats the most
• D. variation

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• A. True
• B. False

What measure of center is best to use when we have outliers?

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

When analyzing numerical data, the best measure of center with NO outlier is:

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

If a number is added to the set that is near the mean, how does this affect standard deviation?

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same
• both increase and decrease