Basic Graph and Data Concepts Quiz

The horizontal number line on a graph

• Title

• X - axis

• Y - axis

• Interval

The _____ of a set of data is the number or numbers that occur most often.

• Mode

• Mean

• Median

• Range

The mode of a set of data refers to the number or numbers that occur most frequently. It is the value that appears with the highest frequency in the dataset. Unlike the mean, median, or range, which focus on different aspects of the data, the mode highlights the most common value(s).

• Mean

• Range

• Median

• Mode

A _____ uses bars to represent the frequency of data that have been organized in intervals.

• Bar graph

• Histogram

• Line plot

• Stem-and-leaf plot

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

• Measures of central tendency

• Measures of dispersion

• Measures of variability

• Measures of frequency

The vertical number line on a graph is called the:

• Title

• Label

• X-axis

• Y-axis

A type of graph that looks like a number line with each piece of data displayed as an x above the number line is called a:

• Line plot

• Scatter plot

• Bar graph

• Pie chart

A line plot is a type of graph that represents data using a number line. What is displayed as an x above the number line?

• Each data point

• Each data set

• Each data category

• Each data trend

What type of graph is useful for displaying the frequency or distribution of data values?

• Pie chart

• Line plot

• Scatter plot

• Bar graph

A graphic form using bars that do not touch to make comparisons of statistics is called what?

• Line plot

• Stem-and-leaf plot

• Histogram

• Bar graph