6th Grade Statistics Vocabulary

What is a statistical question?

• a question that can be answered by collecting data that are expected to vary

• a question that shows data as dots above a number line; may also be called a line plot

• a question that is much greater or much less than the other values in the data set

• a question of how many times a data value occurs in a data set

What do you call a distribution with 2 halves that are mirror-images of each other?

• symbolic

• symmetrical

• statistical

• spread

Are you hungry?

• Statistical Q
•  Non Statistical Q

What is a dot plot?

• a data display that shows data as dots above a number line; may also be called a line plot

• a visual display of data set on a number line that shows the minimum, the lower quartile, the median, the upper quartile, and the maximum

• a numerical count of how many times a data value occurs in a data set

• a data display similar to a bar graph; groups the data into equal-size intervals

a data set where the majority of data points are clustered on the left side of the distribution, and a "tail" or long end extends to the right side

• left-skewed

• right-skewed

• symmetrical

• spread

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

On average, how many pencils does each classroom go through daily?

• Statistical

• Non Statistical

Which of the following questions is a statistical question?

• How old is the school's principal?

• How tall is each student in your class?

• How many students are in the school band?

• What is my favorite number?

Is the following a statistical question:

How old is the Statue of Liberty?

• yes

• no

What tells us how spread out or close together values in a data set are

• cluster

• peak

• frequency

• variability

The FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT step when answering questions about numerical data is to....

• Put the numbers in order from LEAST to GREATEST

• Put the numbers in order from GREATEST to LEAST

• Get rid of the even numbers

• Get rid of the odd numbers