Unit 8: Statistics and Probability Vocabulary Quiz

1. What is an "outcome"?

• a. A set of possible results of an action
• b. A number on a line plot
• c. The middle value in a data set
• d. The likelihood that an event will happen

2. When all members of a population are equally likely to be included in a sample, it is:

• a. Random
• b. Biased
• c. Representative
• d. Unbiased

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3. Probability measures:

• a. The total number of data points
• b. The chance/likelihood that an event will occur
• c. The range of a data set
• d. The way data is distributed along a number line

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

4. A "line plot" displays:

• a. Quartiles divided into 4 parts
• b. A middle value in a data set
• c. Data using X marks above a number line
• d. The distribution of data along a line

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5. What is the "sample space"?

• a. The likelihood of an event happening
• b. The set of all possible outcomes
• c. A part of the population
• d. The difference between the greatest and least values

6. The difference between the greatest and least value in a data set is the:

• a. Median
• b. Quartile
• c. Range
• d. Sample space

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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7. What displays the distribution of data items along a number line?

• a. Line plot
• b. Simple event
• c. Box and Whisker Plot
• d. Random sample

8. The "quartiles" divide the Box and Whisker Plot into how many equal parts?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

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9. The __________ is the middle number in a data set, found by ordering all values and choosing the center one.

• Mean
• Median
• Range
• Quartile

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10. What is a "simple event"?

• a. The set of all possible outcomes
• b. One outcome or a collection of outcomes
• c. The difference between the greatest and least values
• d. A group about which you want information