Data Analysis Vocabulary

Summarizes data using a single number.  The single number is found by finding the sum of the data divided by the number of pieces of data.

• Median 
• Range
• Mean
• Mode

The number(s) or items(s) that appear most often in a set of data.

• Median 
• Range
• Mean
• Mode

A diagram that shows the frequency of data on a number line.  Also know as a dot plot.

• Line Plot
• Box Plot
• Frequency Table
• Histogram

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.B.4

The distance between the highest and the lowest number.

• line plot

• Range

• quartiles

• Mode