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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| z score | describes how many standard deviations a data item in a normal distribution lies above or below the mean |
| random | a sample obtained in such a way that every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected |
| frequency distribution | if data values are listed in one column and the adjacent column indicates the number of times each values occurs, the data presentation |
| sample | subgroup of the population |
| group frequency distribution | listen in one column, organizing the data into classes |
| histogram | bars touch |
| frequencies | represents data values |
| stem and leaf plot | separates each data item into two parts |
| mean | average, add all numbers divide by how many numbers |
| median | middle |
| mode | occurs most often |
| midrange | adding lowest and highest and dividing by 2 |
| range | difference between highest and lowest data values |
| standard deviation | shows how spread out the numbers in a data set are from their average or mean |