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Glossary Statistics
| Statistics | The science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. | |
| Math Study | An area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. | |
| Graphic | A visual display of a data set, making it easier to understand and interpret the data. | |
| Average | A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data. | |
| Bar graph | Visual and graphic representation of quantitative discrete data in the form of bars. | |
| Histogram | Visual and graphic representation of quantitative continuous data in the form of bars. | |
| Mode | Is the most repeated data in a set of them. | |
| Data | They are a set of values and observations that are collected as a source of information. You can represent them in many ways. | |
| Range | Is the difference between values in a data set. To find it you have to subtract the greatest value (data) from the lowest (data). | |
| Frequency table | Is a way to represent data. It show a set of values and assigns a repetition to each of them. | |
| Qualitative variable | Is a variable that isn't numerical and describes data that fits into categories. | |
| Quantitative variable | The numbers that you record represent real amounts that can be added, subtracted, divided, etc... |