Data Distribution Vocabulary

Values that divide a data set into four equal parts.

• Interquartile Range

• Outliers

• First Quartile

• Quartiles

A value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a set of data.

• Outlier

• Box Plot

• Range

• Histogram

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

• Median 

• Range

• Mean

• Mode

The value appearing at the center of a sorted version of a list, or the mean of the two central values.

• Median 

• Range

• Mean

• Mode

A type of bar graph used to display numerical data that has been organized into equal intervals.

• Line Plot

• Interval

• Frequency Table

• Histogram

The distance between the greatest number and the least number in a set of data.

• Mean 

• Median

• Range

• Mode

A measure used to describe the distribution of data.

• Interquartile Range

• Measure of Variation

• Measure of Center

• Interval

This consists of the minimum, the three quartiles, and the maximum. It is often indicated by a box plot.

• five-number summary

• statistical question

• data

• geogebra

For a numerical or categorical data set, this tells you how many of each value or each category there are in the data set.

• distribution

• shape

• data

• bell-shaped

A distribution whose dot plot or histogram takes the form of a bell with most of the data clustered near the center and fewer points farther from the center.