Statistics 13 and 14 Vocab

A measure of center that finds the sum of all the values in a data set divided by the number of data values. It is also called the average.

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

A measure of center that shows the middle number in an ordered set of data.

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

A data value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a data set.

• outlier
• inlier
• immalier
• sublier

A measure of variability that shows the difference between the greatest and least values in the data set.

• range
• interquartile range
• standard deviation
• mean absolute deviation

A measure of center that represents the value or values that appear the most often in a data set.

• mode
• median
• range
• mean

The largest value in a data set.

• minimum
• maximum
• range
• mode

The smallest value in a data set.

• mode
• median
• minimum
• maximum

The shape of the data display shown.

• symmetric

• approximately symmetric

• skewed left

• skewed right

The shape of the data shown in the histogram.

• symmetric

• approximately symmetric

• skewed left

• skewed right

Another term for median is

• average

• third quartile

• second quartile

• first quartile