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data displays and number systems
Term | Definition |
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Data | Information that is gathered by counting measuring questioning or observing. |
Statistics | the study of numerical data collecting, organizing and analyzing data to interpret it and answer questions |
variability | how spread out the values in a set of data are |
Statistical Question | a question that would be answered by collecting or analyzing data. |
range | the difference between the maximum and the minimum in a data set. |
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 |
maximum | highest or greatest amount or value. |
distribution | distribution of data |
mode | a type of average. in a set of scores, values or numbers the mode is the one that occurs the most. |