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Yr 8
Representing & Interpreting Data
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analysis | To examine or interpret data |
| Class Intervals | Uses when there is a large range of data. Too many numerical values to list individually |
| Column Graph | Must have a title, labelled axes clearly and evenly scaled, columns have the same width even gap between each column !st column beginning half a unit in from the vertical axis |
| Dot Plot | Like picture graphs where each piece of data is represented by a single dot. |
| Frequency Distribution Table | Consists of three columns- Score or interval, Tally and Frequency |
| Legend | When symbols or colours are used to show some elements of the graph |
| Mean | Another name for average. Calculated by adding all the data values, and dividing by the number of the values in the set |
| Median | Middle value of the data when the values are arranged in numerical order. Smallest to Largest |
| Mode | Most frequently occurring data. The data the comes up the most |
| Range | The difference between the highest and lowest values |
| Numerical Order | Numbers placed in order from smallest to largest |
| Outlier | Not typical of the rest of the data Extreme values |
| Stem & Leaf Plot | Made up of a stem and leaf Ordered in ascending order ( smallest to largest) |
| Nominal | Need sub-groups to complete the description eg: hair colour: blonde, brown, red |
| Ordinal | Need a ranking to order the description, such as achievement levels eg: very high, high, satisfactory |
| Continuous | Measured in a continuous decimal scale eg: temperature, decimal, length |
| Discrete | Counted in exact values eg: shoe size, goals scored |
| Qualitative | Data which is placed in categories, non-numerical form eg: hair colour, type of car |
| Quantitative | Data which are in numerical form eg: height, length, number of children |