Statistics and Probability Vocabulary

A question that can be answered by collecting data that is expected to vary

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

A data display that shows data as dots above a number line; may also be called a line plot

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

The middle number in an ordered set of values

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

When most of the data points are clustered near the lesser values

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetrical

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

When most of the data points are clustered near the greater values

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetrical

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The difference between the greatest value and the smallest value

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A data value that is much greater or much less than the other values in a data set

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

When a distribution has the same shape on both sides of a middle point

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetrical

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

A data display similar to a bar graph; groups the data into equal-size intervals

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

All Values between two given values

• Interval

• Frequency

• Variability

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CCSS.6.EE.B.5

CCSS.6.EE.B.8