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Statistics
Math terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mean | Average of data. add all values together then divide by the number of data points. |
| Median | middle data value. order the values least to greatest then find the middle value. |
| Mode | the value that occurs most often. there can be 1 mode, no mode, or many modes. |
| Range | The differance between the biggest Value and the lowest value |
| Inter quartile | Represents the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile. |
| outlier | A outlier is a data points that varies significantly from the rest of the data. Either the greatest number or the lowest number. |
| skewed left | long tail pointing to the left |
| skewed right | long tail pointing to the right |
| symmetrical | perfectly symmetrical like two half's or a mirror BUT DOSE NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL |
| bi-modal | two modes or humps so two bumps |
| uniform | when all the data is all the same or flat NO MODE considered symmetrical |
| Mean average deviation (MAD) | How spread out a set of data is. to find it find each numbers difference from the mean, add then divide by number of data . |
| sample size | Describes the number of data points collected in a sample ( I choose 50 out of 100 students) sample size is 50 |
| probability | The likely hood that an event will happen can be a number value or probability |
| impossible | Likely hood is impossible ( it will never happen) ) 0 |
| certain | Likely hood that something WILL happen like your certain your get a red or black card from a deck. 1 |
| equally probable/equally likely | When there is an equal chance of some thing/ when there are two half's ( a coin will land on heads that's equal probability. |
| unlikely | Falls between 0-1/2 and means that something in less likely to happen than likely |
| likely | Falls between 1/2-1 and means it has a really good chance of getting it like 1-10 on a wheel of 12 is likely to happen |
| quartile 1 | left side median from the middle |
| quartile 3 | Right side median from the middle |
| Complement | The opposite of the event includes all outcomes that are not a part of the original event. |