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Statistics Vocabulary Quiz

Authored by Alicia Hutchinson

Mathematics

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Statistics Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

variability

a numerical count of how many times a data value occurs in a data set

data

a set of collected information . Ofen numerical information such as a list of measurements.

frequency

a representation (plot, graph, table) that shows how often values in a data set occur

distribution

a question that can be answered by collecting data that are expected to vary

statistical question

how spread out or close together values in a data set are

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5B

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

mean

the middle number or the halfway point between two middle numbers in an ordered set of values

mode

the most frequently occurring value in a data set

median

the sum of a set of values divided by the number of values. (the average)

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

dot plot

a data display that shows as dots above a number line.

histogram

a visual representation of data that uses boxes to show the distribution.

box plot

a data display similar to a bar; groups data into equal-sized intervals.

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

interquartile range

The difference between the highest (maximum) and lowest (minimum) values in a data set.

mean absolute deviation

the difference between the upper and lower quartile values.

range

The sum of the distances of each data point from the mean of the data set divided by the number of data points. It is always positive.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

peak

a data value that is much greater or much less than most of the other values in the data set.

cluster

all the values between two given values, which may include one or both of the given values.

outlier

the shape formed when many data points are at one value, or group of values.

gap

an interval of the number line which a distribution has no data values.

interval

a group of data points that are close to each other.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.3

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

symmetric

Media Image

skewed left

Media Image

skewed right

Media Image

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

upper quartile

the middle number between the median and the maximum in an ordered set of numbers. Also called the Q3 or 3rd quartile.

median

the middle number between the minimum and the median in an ordered set of numbers. Also called the Q1 or 1st quartile.

lower quartile

the middle number or the halfway point between two middle numbers, in an ordered set of data.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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