Course 3 Unit 10 Vocabulary

The relationship between the two variables in a scatter plot.

• association

• correlation coefficient

• outlier

• frequency

Data collected in the form of words, not numbers

• categorical data

• numerical data

• continuous data

• discrete data

Data collected in the form of numbers, rather than words

• categorical data

• numerical data

• continuous data

• discrete data

When points on a scatter plot form a distinct grouping.

• clustering

• regression

• outlier

• correlation

A line which closely represents the pattern of a two-variable data set.

• line of fit

• axis of symmetry

• perpendicular bisector

• vertical line

An extreme value that varies greatly from the other values in a data set.

• outlier

• median

• mode

• range

A diagram showing the relationship between two variables using ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.

• scatter plot

• bar graph

• histogram

• line plot

A data set that gives measures for only one attribute about a subject

• single-variable data

• multi-variable data

• categorical data

• discrete data

The process of collecting, displaying and analyzing a set of data.

• statistics

• geometry

• algebra

• calculus

Also known as lines of best fit, it models the pattern of a data set.

• trend lines

• bar graphs

• pie charts

• scatter plots