Statistics & Probability Vocabulary Test

Sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

• Simple Event

• Sample

• Random Sample

• Scatter Plot

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

• Population

• Median

• Trial

• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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Data set that contains a part, or subset, of a population.

• Mode

• Histogram

• Box & Whisker Plot

• Sample

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Define: Statistical Bias

• The deliberate or involuntary favoring of one sample or outcome over other potential groups or outcomes in the chosen set of data.

• The number or numbers that occur most frequently in a set of data.

• A graph that shows how data are distributed by using the median, quartiles, least value, and greatest value.

• An outcome or set of outcomes of an experiment.

Define: Measure of Central Tendency

• How the data within the set is "spread out" about the mean.

• A graph that shows how data are distributed by using the median, quartiles, least value, and greatest value.

• Measure used to describe the middle of a data set.

• An event consisting of only one outcome.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The sum of the items in a set of data divided by the number of items in the set.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The middle number, or average of the two middle numbers, in an ordered set of data.

• Median

• Trial

• Theoretical Probability

• Simulation

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The number or numbers that occur most frequently in a set of data.

• Range

• Interquartile Range

• Mode

• Dependent Events

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A value much greater or much less than the others in a data set.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Define: Measure of Variability

• The entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.

• Type of graphic display using filled circles and a simple scale to compare frequency within categories.

• How the data within the set is "spread out" about the mean.

• Repetition of an experiment.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5