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Statistics
Statistics and Graphing vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| x-axis | the horizontal axis of a graph |
| y-axis | the vertical axis of a graph |
| coordinate plane | a plane containing two perpendicular axes intersecting at a point called the origin |
| coordinate pair | used to show position on a coordinate plane |
| measures of central tendency | mean, median, and mode |
| mean | average of a number of different amounts |
| mode | the amount that occurs the most |
| median | the middle value of an ordered set of values |
| range | from the lowest score to the highest score |
| outlier | a value far away from most of teh rest in a set of data |
| stem and leaf plot | a data display that shows groups of data arranged by place value |
| line plot | a number line showing a dot or mark over the position corresponding to eac number |
| frequency table | table to collect the number of times a particular item appears in a set of data |
| line graph | uses line to join points which represent the data |
| circle graph | graph using a divided circle where each section represents part of the total |
| data points | organized in graphs or charts for analysis including facts, numbers, or measurements |