Statistics Vocabulary

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

- the most common number in a set of numbers.

• mode

• median

• mean

• range

- a group of data points that crowd near each other.

• median

• cluster

• peak

• mode

- the variation of data points between the least and greatest values.

• outlier

• mean

• skewed left

• range

- the middle number in an ordered set of numbers.

• mode

• outlier

• mean

• median

- graphs that show the same number of data points above and below a middle point.

• skewed left

• range

• symmetrical graphs

• outlier

- what forms when many data points are at one value.

• outlier

• peak

• range

• mean

- a data point far away from the other data points; it doesn’t quite fit with the rest of the data points.

• peak

• skewed right

• range

• outlier