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Unit 3 Part 4 Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| find the sum (+) of the data values and then divide (÷) by the number of values in the data set (a measure of center) | mean |
| the middle number in an ordered data set (if two numbers are in the middle find the mean of those two numbers) (a measure of center) | median |
| the item(s) in a data set that occurs most frequently; there can be one, more than one, or none (a measure of center) | mode |
| the difference (-) between the greatest and least values in a data set (a measure of variability) | range |
| the greatest number in a data set | maximum |
| the least number in a data set | minimum |
| a statistical graph that shows the distribution of a data set using a five-number summary along a number line | box-and-whisker plot |
| four parts of a data set with the same number of data values in each part; 25% (or one-fourth) of a data set | quartile |
| the distance between the first and third quartiles of the data set; shows the spread of the middle 50% of the data values (a measure of variability) | interquartile range |