Basic Statistics Vocabulary

Another word for finding the average is ____

• mode

• median

• mean

• range

The number that appears the most often is called the ___

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The number found in the middle of the data set when it is listed in order is ____

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

the lower quartile is the ___

• median

• median of the lower half of the data

• median of the upper half of the data

• mean

the interquartile range is ___

• max minus upper quartile

• upper quartile minus lower quartile

• max minus min

• lower quartile minus min

the lower extreme is

• max

• quartile

• median

• min

the upper extreme is ___

• max

• quartile

• median

• min

When there are an overwhelming number of data points that are identical, the ______ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode

If you have an outlier, the _____ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode

If there is not an outlier, the _____ is used to describe the data.

• mean

• median

• mode