Mode Median Mean Range Vocabulary

The __________ is the middle number, or the mean of the two middle numbers, of the ordered data in a set.

• mean

• range

• median

• mean absolute deviation

The __________ of the data set is the sum of the data divided by the number of pieces of data.

• third quartile

• mean

• measures of center

• mode

The __________ is the number or numbers that occur most frequently in a data set.

• average

• mode

• quartiles

• mean

The __________ is the difference between the greatest and least data values.

• measures of center

• third quartile

• range

• outliers

__________ is a common term used to refer to the measure of central tendency otherwise known as the mean.

• measures of center

• mean absolute deviation

• quartiles

• average

Numbers called __________ can be used to describe the center of data.

• measures of center

• quartiles

• outliers

• range

The __________ of a set of data is the average distance between each data value and the mean.

• mean absolute deviation

• measures of center

• range

• outliers

The __________ is the median of the upper half of the set of data.

• mode

• average

• outliers

• third quartile

Numbers that are used to describe the center of a set of data.  These measures include the mean, median, and mode.

• Interquartile Range

• Measure of Variation

• Measure of Center

• Interval

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

• Median 

• Range

• Mean

• Mode