Statistics Vocabulary

To find the median by looking at the data, you should ___

• find the middle number

• put the numbers in order from least to greatest first

• find out how many repeat

• subtract the first and last number

Name the graph

• histogram

• line plot

• stem and leaf plot

Name the graph

• histogram

• line plot

• stem and leaf plot

A number found by adding the data and dividing by the number of values

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The number of times an event occurs in a set of data

• mode

• range

• frequency

• median

A collection of data points

• data set

• mode

• frequency

• range

The number that occurs the most

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The number in the middle when the values are arranged from least to greatest

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

A data point that is distinctly separate from the rest of the data

• range

• outlier

• data set

• mean

How do you know that this dot plot displays the answers to a statistical question?

• Various data are shown.

• All data values are the same.

• The data are numerical.

• Students were all asked the same question.