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Unit 8 Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Interquartile Range | Represents the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile. |
| Median | The middle data value. To find it, order the values from least to greatest, then find the middle value. |
| Mode | The value that occurs most often. |
| Range | The difference of the greatest value and the least value. |
| Outlier | A data point that varies significantly from the rest of the data. |
| Left-Skewed | If the distribution has a long tail extending to the left, it is skewed to the left (or is left-skewed). |
| Right-Skewed | If the distribution has a long tail extending to the right, it is skewed to the right (or is right-skewed). |
| Quartile 1 | The first line of the box on the box plot (not the lower extreme). |
| Quartile 3 | The third and last line of the box on the box plot (not the upper extreme). |
| Mean Absolute Deviation | The average distance that the data points in a set of data are from the mean. |
| Symmetrical | If you cut something in half and are mirror images of each other. |
| Bi-modal | The distribution has two modes. |
| Uniform | If the distribution of the data is all the same (or flat). |
| Probability | The likelihood an event will happen. |
| Impossible | Some events will never happen. |
| Certain | Other events will definitely happen. |
| Equally probable/equally likely | An event that is half and half. |
| Unlikely | An event where it's probability is between 0 and 1/2. |
| Likely | An event where it's probability is between 1/2 and 1. |
| Sample Size | The sample size (n) describes the number of data points collected in the sample. |
| Complement | The opposite of an event. It includes all the outcomes that are not part of the original event. |