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Statistics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| median | middle data value |
| mode | value that occurs most often |
| mean | average of data |
| mean absolute deviation | the average distance that the data points in a set of data are from the mean |
| range | difference between the greatest and least value |
| inner quartile range | difference between the third and first quartile |
| outlier | a data point that varies greatly from the rest of the data |
| skewed-left | has a long tail extending to the left |
| skewed-right | has a long tail extending to the right |
| symmetrical | perfectly symmetric and can be divided into two halves. |
| bi-modal | to modes or humps |
| uniform | the data is the exact same no mode |
| Lower extreme | the lowest data point |
| Upper extreme | the highest data point |
| First quartile | the median of the first half |
| Third quartile | the median of the third half |
| IQR | the distance from the third quartile and first quartile |
| probability | the likelihood of an event happening |
| impossible | events that will never happen |
| certain | will definitely happen |
| equally probable | has an equal chance of happening |
| unlikely event | has a probability greater than 0 but less than 1/2 |
| likely event | has a probability greater than 1/2 but less than 1 |
| sample size | the amount of data |
| complement | opposite of the event, includes all outcomes that are not part of the original event |