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Module 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The sum of two or more quantities divided by the number of quantities;the mean | Average |
| A diagram that is constructed using five values | Box plot |
| Data that are grouped closely together | Cluster |
| The arrangement of data values | Distribution |
| A diagram that shows the frequency of data on a number line. Aka a line plot | Dot plot |
| The first quartile is the median of the data values less than the median | First quartile |
| An open space or interval in a set of data | Gap |
| A type of bar graph used to display numerical data that have been organized into equal intervals | Histogram |
| A measure of variation in a set of numerical data,thre interquartile is the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set | Interquartile range |
| The sum of the numbers in a set of data divided by the number of pieces of data | Mean |
| A measure of variation in a set of numerical data, computed by adding the distances between each data value and the mean, then dividing by the number of data values. | Mean absolute deviation |
| Numbers that are used to describe the center of a data set. These measures include the mean and median. | Measures of center |
| A measure that is used to describe the variability, or spread, of a data set. | Measures of variation |
| A measure of center in a set of numerical data. The median of a list of values is the value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list, or the mean of the two central values, if the list contains an even number of values. | Median |
| A value that is much greater than or much less than the other values in a set of data | Outlier |
| The most frequently occurring value in a line plot | Peak |
| Values that divide a data set | Quartiles |
| The difference between the greatest number and the least number in a set of data | Range |
| Another name for the median,or the center of a set of numerical data | Second quartile |
| A question that antisapates and accounts for a variety of answers | Statistical question |
| Collecting,organizing,and interpreting data | Statistics |
| Data that are evenly distributed | Symmetric distribution |
| Third quartile |