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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| median | the middle data value |
| mode | the value that occurs most often |
| range | the difference of the greatest value and the least value |
| inner quartile range | the difference between the 3rd and the 1st quartile |
| outlier | a data point that varies from the rest |
| skewed-left | if the distribution has a long tail extending to the left, it is left skewed |
| skewed-right | if the distribution has a long tail extending to the right , it is right skewed |
| symmetrical | perfectly symmetric |
| bi-modal | the distribution has 2 modes |
| uniform | the distribution of data is all the same |
| mean | the average of the data |
| mean absolute deviation | the average distance that the data points in a set of data are from the mean |
| impossible | never happen |
| certain | definitely happen |
| unlikely | closer to impossible |
| likely | closer to certain |
| probability | the likelihood that an event will happen |
| equally probable | an event that is to occur or not to occur half way between impossible and certain |
| quartile 1 | median of the 1st half |
| quartile 3 | median of the 3rd half |
| sample size | the number of data points collected in a sample |
| complement | opposite of the event, the outcomes that are not a part of the original event |