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New Terms Unit 2
New Terms introduced in Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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Interquartile range | A range of values in the middle 50% of all the data values. |
Median | A number that divides ordered data into two halves. It is equal to the 50th percentile and the 2nd quartile. |
Outliers | An observation that does not fit the rest of the data. |
Percentiles | A number that divides ordered data into hundredths; example: A person may be told they are in the 60th percentile for height. |
Quartiles | A number that divides ordered data into quarters: A company may be in the top 25 percent for profits. |
Graphs | Visual representations of data |
Pie Charts | Pie shaped chart with portions representing data based on categories |
Bar Charts | Chart with separate bars representing the percent or count for each category of a variable |
Histograms | Chart with connecting bars representing the ranges of data for a continuous numerical variable. |
Time Series | Line chart representing changes of data values over time. |
Measures of Location | Descriptive statistics including maximum and minimum values, percentiles, quartiles, median, and interquartile range. |
Misleading Graphs | Graphs that misrepresent data, sometimes to intentionally sway opinions. |
Box Plots | A visual of the location of values for a continuous variable. |