Stats Vocabulary

A value that describes the middle or center of a data set.

• mean

• median

• mode

• measure of central tendency

The average of values in a data set.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The most occurring value(s) in a data set.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

A data value that is much large or much smaller than the other values in a set.

• maximum

• minimum

• outlier

• quartile

What is the distribution of the data?

• skewed right

• skewed left

• symmetric

• stairsteps

The distribution of this data set can best be described as...

• Right-skewed

• Left-skewed

• Symmetrical

• Purple

Answer explanation

The tail is on the right, so it is right-skewed.

What is the shape of the data?

• symmetrical

• skewed left

• skewed right

• bell curve

This data is

• symmetrical

• skewed right

• skewed left

a computer measure of how much scores vary around the mean score

• standard deviation

• upper quartile

• histogram

• interquartile range

the middle value of a data set

• mean

• median

• mode

• quartile