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statistics terms
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| median | it is the middle data value |
| mode | the value that occers most offten |
| range | difference of the greatest to least values |
| IQR (inner quartile range) | represents the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile |
| mean | the average of data |
| outlier | data point that varies significantly from the rest oft the data |
| skewed- left | has a long tail extending to the left |
| skewed- right | has a long tail extending to the right |
| symmetrical | it can be divided into 2 halfs that mirror each other |
| bimodal | if the distraubution has 2 modes or humps |
| uniform | the data is all the same |
| M.A.D (mean absolute deviation) | average distance that the data points in a set of data are from the mean |
| probability | the likelihood that an event will happen |
| impossible | the event never will or can happen |
| certain | the event will absolutely happen |
| equally probable/equally likely | they event may happen; 50 50 chance |
| unlikely | the event can happen but doesn't have the highest chance to do so |
| likely | there is a high lilkihood that the event will happen but it is not certain |
| sample size | the number of recorded data |
| Quartile 1 | the middle of the numbers below the median |
| Quartile 3 | the middle of the numbers above the median |
| complement | a statistical event is the opposite of the event. It includes all outcomes that are not part of the original event. |