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Unit 1
Data Displays And Number System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Data | Information that is gathered by counting, measuring, or observing |
| Statistics | The study of numerical data: collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to interpret it and answer questions. The numerical data themselves |
| Variability | How spread out the values in a set of data are. |
| Statistical question | A question that would be answered by collecting or analysing data |
| Range | The difference between the maximum and the minimum set. The range is a measure of how spread out a distribution is. |
| Dot Plot | A number line long enough to encompass all numbers in a sample, showing a dot over the position corresponding to each number. if more than one dot falls in the same position, they are stacked up. |
| Median | A type of average which is the middle value of an ordered set of data values. A line that joins the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side. |
| Distribution | Distribution of Data |
| Mode | The value or values that occur most often in a Data set. |
| Data Landmark | A notable feature of a Data set . Some landmarks are the Mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, and range. |
| Minimum | The smallest amount; the smallest number is a set of data |
| Median | a type of average which is the middle value of an ordered set of data values. Also a line that joins the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side. |
| Average | A typical value for a set of numbers. The word average usually refers to the mean of a set of numbers. |
| Mean | Usually called the average and may be called the arithmetic mean. The mean is the total of all the scores or amounts, divided by, how many scores or amounts there were. |