Unit 1- Data Statistics Vocabulary

A visual display of the distribution of data values using the median. Quartiles, and extremes of the data set. A box shows the middle 50% of the data

• Box Plot

• Frequency

• Mode

• Measures of Center

the number of times the observation has occurred/recorded in an experiment or study.

• Mode

• Frequency

• Range

• Minimum

A measure of variation in a set of numerical data. The interquartile range is the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set.

• Mean

• Median

• Interquartile Range

• Range

the largest mathematical value in the data set

• Range

• Mode

• Mean

• Maximum

the average of a data set, found by adding all numbers together and then dividing the sum of the numbers by the number of numbers

• Maximum

• Interquartile

• Mean

• Median

a value that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position of the data set, such as the mean, median, and mode.

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

• Statistics

• Measures of Center

The median of a list of data points is the value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list.If the list contains an even number of values, the mean of the two central values is the median.

• Median

• Mean

• Measures of Center

• Mode

the smallest mathematical value in the data set

• Maximum Value

• Outlier

• Minimum Value

• Range

A data set can have more than one _______

• Median
• Mode
• Mean
• Midrange

What is the range?

• average
• biggest-smallest
• the middle #
• # happening the most