Statistics: Analyzing Data
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| bar graph | a graphic form using bars to make comparisons of statistics
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| box-and-whisker plot | a diagram that summarizes data using the median, the upper and lower quartiles, and the extreme values
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| cluster | data that are grouped closely together
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| data | pieces of information, often numerical, which are gathered for statistical purposes
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| frequency table | a table for organizing a set of data that showers the number of pieces of data that fall within given intervals or categories
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| histogram | a special kind of bar graph in which the bars are used to represent the frequency of numerical data that have been organized in intervals
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| interquartile range | the range of the middle half of a set of numbers
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| interval | on a scale, the difference between the greatest and least values in each category
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| leaf | the second greatest place value of data in a stem-and-leaf plot
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| line graph | a type of statistical graph using lines to show how values change over a period of time
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| line plot | a diagram that shows the frequency of data, an X is placed above a number on a number line each time that number occurs in a set of data
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| lower extreme | the least number of a set of data
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| lower quartile | the median of the lower half of a set of numbers indicated by LQ
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| mean | the sum of the data divided by the number of items in the data set
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| measures of central tendency | numbers that are used to describe the center of a set of data including the mean, median, and mode
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| median | the middle number in a set of data when arranged in numerical order
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| mode | the number or numbers that appear most often in a set of data
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| outlier | a piece of data that is quite separated from the rest from the rest of the data
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| range | the difference between the greatest and least numbers in a data set
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| scale | the set of all possible values of a given measurement, including the least and greatest numbers in the set, separated by equal intervals
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| scatter plot | two sets of related data are plotted as ordered pairs on the same graph
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| statistics | the study of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data
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| stem | the greatest place value common to all the data values is used in a stem-and-leaf plot
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| stem-and-leaf plot | a system used to condense a set of data where the greatest place value of the data forms the stem and the next greatest place value form the leaves
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| upper extreme | the greatest number of a set of data
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| upper quartile | the median of the upper half of a set of numbers, indicated by UQ
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