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Go Math Ch 12 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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bar graph | a graph that uses horizontal or vertical bars to display countable data |
dot plot | a graph that shows frequency of data along a number line |
frequency table | a table that uses numbers to record data about how often an event occurs |
line graph | a graph that uses line segments to show how data change over time |
data | information collected about people or things, often to draw conclusions about them |
frequency | the number of times an event occurs |
histogram | a type of bar graph that shows the frequencies of data in intervals |
mean | the sum of a set of data items divided by the number of data item |
measure of center | a single value used to describe the middle of a set of data (mean, median, mode) |
mode | the value(s) in a data set that occurs the most often |
relative frequency table | a table that shows the percent of time each piece of data occurs |
median | the middle value when a data set is written in order from least to greatest, or the mean of the two middle values when there is an even number of items |
outlier | a value much higher or much lower than the other values in a data set |
statistical question | a question that asks about a set of data that can vary |