1.4 Vocab

Using computations to organize, describe, and make meaning from a set of data, often for the purpose of making a decision

• Statistical Analysis

• Sample

• Range

• Population

Where the midpoint of the data lies

• Center

• Spread

• Sample

• Population

How the data is distributed

• Spread

• Center

• Mean

• Median

The sum of the values in a data set divided by the number of values in the data set

• Mean

• Median

• Range

• Population

The middle number in a data set when the numbers are arranged in value order

• Median

• Mean

• Center

• Functions

A portion of a larger population

• Sample

• Functions

• Mean

• Population

The entire group from which all possible items could be selected and measured

• Population

• Range

• Center

• Mean

The smallest value in the dataset

• Minimum

• Maximum

• Quartile 1

• Quartile 3

The largest value in the dataset

• Maximum

• Population

• Minimum

• Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in the dataset

• Range

• Center

• Mean

• Population