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Jackson-MA-Unit4

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measures of spread   The range and the mean absolute deviation measure the spread for a set of data  
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median   The middle number in a set of data when the data are arranged in numerical order. If the data has an even number, the median is the mean of the two middle numbers.  
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minimum value   the lowest number in a data set  
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mode   The number(s) or item(s) that appear most often in a set of data.  
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mutually exclusive   Two or more events whose outcomes can never be the same.  
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outlier   A number in a data set that is much lower or higher than the other values  
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range   The difference between the greatest number and the least number in a set of data.  
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sample   Some portion of a larger group selected to represent that group.  
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simple random sampling   A sample that is chosen without any preference, representative of the entire population.  
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stem and leaf plot   A display of data in which each piece of the data is separated into two numbers that are used to form a stem and a leaf.  
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box and whisker plot   A diagram that divides a set of data into four parts using the median and quartiles.  
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frequency   How often a piece of data occurs.  
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frequency table   a table that shows the total for each category or group of data.  
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histogram   A bar graph in which the data are organized into equal intervals. The height of the bar represents the frequency in that interval.  
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interquartile range   The difference between the upper and lower quartiles representing the middle half of the data in the set.  
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maximum value   the highest value in a data set  
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mean absolute deviation   the average distance of each data item from the mean  
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mean   The sum of the numbers in a set of data divided by the number of pieces of data in the set.  
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measures of center   The mean and median measure the center for a set of data  
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