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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sample size | the number of observations or individuals included in a study or experiment |
| mean | the "average" number in a data set |
| median | the middle number in a data set |
| mode | the number that apeares the most in a data set |
| range | a sequence, series, or scale between a set of data |
| interquartile range | a measure of statistical dispersion, which is the spread of the data |
| quartile 1 | the 25th percentile, where the lowest 25% data lies below this point |
| quartile 3 | the 75th percentile, where the lowest 75% data lies below this point |
| mean absolute deviation | the average distance between each data value and the mean |
| outlier | the number that Is farthest is value from other numbers in a data set |
| symmetrical | a data set that both halves are symectrical |
| right-skewed | a data set in which the values go down in value (causing the graph to be skewed to the right) |
| left-skewed | a data set in which the values go up in value (causing the graph to be skewed to the left) |
| bi-modal | the numbers on a graph being very scattered in value causing the graph to look like 2 separate symectrical data graphs |
| uniform | numbers being the same or similar in value |
| probability | the likely hood of something happening |
| impossible | not being able/possible to happen |
| certain | 100% chance of happening |
| equally probable/equally likely | 50% chance of happening: equal chance of happening |
| unlikely | between 1/4 and 0 chance of happening |
| likely | between 1/2 and 1 chance of happening |
| complement | the opposite probability of something happening than the desired outcome |