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statistics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| median | A measure of center. The middle data value. |
| mode | The most occurring number. |
| range | A measure of variability. The difference of the greatest value and least value. |
| inner quartile range | A measure of variability. It represents the difference between the third quartile and first quartile. |
| outlier | A data point that varies significantly from the rest of the data. |
| skewed-left | If the distribution has a long tail extending to the left, it is skewed to the left. |
| skewed-right | If the distribution has a long tail extending to the right, it is skewed to the right. |
| symmetrical | A shape that can be divided into two halves that mirror each other. |
| bi-modal | If the distribution has two modes it is bi-modal. |
| sample size | describes the number of data points collected in the sample. |
| mean | The average of the data. |
| mean absolute deviation | The average distance that the data points of a set are from the mean. |
| quartile 3 | The median of the second half. |
| quartile 1 | The median of the first half. |
| equally probable/equally likely | Halfway between impossible and certain on a scale so it has a 50 percent chance of occurring. |
| unlikely | Chances are between 0 and one half so is |
| impossible | An event Has no chance of occurring. Its chance of occurring is 0. |
| likely | |
| certain | |
| uniform | |
| probability | The chance of an event occurring. |