Statistics Vocabulary Quiz

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

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

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.

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

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

Match the following

• symmetric

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• skewed left

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• skewed right

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Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

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