Statistics Vocabulary

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Science of collecting and analyzing data

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statistics

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-information being collected

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data

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Type of question that expects a variety of answers: statistical question, scientific question, rhetorical question, hypothetical question

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statistical question

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occurs when observations in a data set are NOT all the same

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variability

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-describes how spread out the data is

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variability

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-sum divided by number of addends

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mean

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Most frequently occurring number in a data set

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mode

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-center number of a data set
Options: mean, median, mode, range

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median

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Which of the following is NOT a middle measure? Options: mean, median, mode, range

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range

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Difference between the largest and smallest value of a data set

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range