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Graphs & Analysis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Information about percentages always uses what type of graph? | Circle or Pie graph |
| Three things to remember when constructing any graph? | Calibrate, label, key |
| mean | average of a series of numbers |
| median | the middle number |
| mode | the number used most often |
| How do you calculate the mean? | add all numbers together and divide by the number of numbers. |
| stray data | outlier |
| variation | variety in data |
| line graph | shows the relationship between 2 types of information or data. |
| accuracy | how close a measurement is to the actual or true value. |
| precision | How close a series of measurements are to each other. |
| Percent error | Real amount margin of error/scientifically accepted result x 100. |
| Margin of error | Difference between the experimentally measured result and the scientifically accepted result. |
| Celcius | Scientific scale to measure temperature. |
| Farenheit | English scale to measure temperature. |
| Kelvin | Absolute scale to measure temperature. |
| Base unit for volume | Liter |
| Base unit for length | Meter |
| Base unit for mass | Gram |
| Base unit for time | Second |
| Base unit for pressure | Pascal Atmosphere |
| interpolation | to predict point between the know points on a graph. |
| exterpolation | to predict points that lie beyond the know points on a graph. |
| line of best fit | the straight line that touches the most known points on a line graph. |