Statistics vocabulary

What is the first step (1-2) when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

• Find the distance each value is from the mean

• Find the mean of the data

• Find the mean of the distances

What is the exact middle of a set of data?

• mean
• mode
• median
• range

What is the last step to solving for the Mean Absolute Deviation?

• Find the mean of the new set of numbers

• Find the mean of the given data set

• Subtract the mean from each original data point

What are the measures of variation 

• Mean, Median and Mode 
• Range, IQR, and MAD

What is the first step to take when attempting to find IQR?

• Find the lower and upper quartile.

• Find the median.

• Put the list of numbers in order.

• Subtract the lower and upper quartile.

True or false? :The larger the Mean Absolute Deviation the more consistent the data is.

• True
• False

What are the measures of center?

• Mean, median and mode
• MAD, IQR and range

What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

What is the science of collecting, organizing and representing data?

• Sample size 
• statistics
• data
• statistical question

What do quartiles split data up into?

• halves

• thirds

• fourths

• fifths