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Chapter 9 Vocab

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5 point summary   Consists of 5 data values, lower extreme, upper extreme, lower quartile, upper quartile, and median  
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Biased Sample   A sample in which members are not randomly selected  
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Box Plot   A graphical display of a 5 point summary ( uses 5 data values)  
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Box and Whisker Plot   A graphical display of a 5 point summary  
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First Quartile   Also known as the lower quartile. It is the median of the lower half of the data set  
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Interquartile Range   Difference between the first and the third quartile  
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Leaf   The least digit in each item of the data set, when displayed in a stem and leaf plot.  
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Lower Quartile   The median of the lower half of a data set. 25% of the data fall on or below this value  
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Mean Absolute Deviation   The average distance of each item of data from the mean  
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Measure of variation   A measure of the spread of data from a measure of center  
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population   all the members or objects about which you want information  
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random sample   a set of data randomly selected from a population so that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected  
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range   The difference between the greatest and the least values in a data set  
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sample   a set of data taken from a population  
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sample size   the number of members in a sample  
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second quartile   the median of a data set. 50% of the data fall on or below this value  
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simple random sampling   a sampling method in which every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected  
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stem   all digits except the one of least place value in an item of data displayed in a stem and leaf plot  
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stem and leaf plot   a two column graphical display in which the least digit of each item of data is displayed in the right column and the other digits in the left column  
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stratified random sampling   a sampling method in which the population is divided into nonoverlapping groups from which members are randomly selected  
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systematic random sampling   a sampling method in which the first member is randomly selected, and the subsequent members are selected at regular intervals  
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third quartile   the median of the upper half of a data set, also known as the upper quartile. 75% of the data fall on or below this value  
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unbiased sample   a set of data randomly selected from a population so that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected  
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upper quartile   the value in a data set that 75% of the data fall on or below this value also known as quartile 3  
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