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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| median | a measure of center; add all of the data points and divide by the number of data points. |
| mode | the value that occurs most often. |
| range | describes how the values in a data set vary with a single number. |
| inner quartile range | median of first half of box plot. |
| outlier | a data point that varies significantly from the rest of the data. |
| skewed left | long tail extending to the left. |
| skewed right | long tail extending to the right. |
| symmetrical | can be divided into two halfs. |
| bi-modal | data point that varies significantly from the rest |
| uniform | all data is thee same |
| mean | add all data points and divide |
| mean absolute diviation | one way to describe variability |
| quartile 1 | median of first half |
| quartile 3 | median of second half |
| probabilty | the likelyhood that an event will happen |
| impossible | has a likelyhood of 0 |
| certain | has a probablity of 1 |
| equally probable\equally likely | had a probablity of 1/2 |
| unlikely | probablity greater than 0 but less than 1/2 |
| likely | probabilty greater than 1/2 but less than 1 |