Statistics Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| A question that investigates an aspect of the real world that can have A VARIETY OF RESPONSES | STATISTICAL QUESTION |
| How do you find the MEAN? | Add up all the numbers and divide by how many numbers there are |
| How do you find the MEDIAN? | 1) Order the numbers from least to greatest 2) Find the Middle Number 3) If there are 2 middle numbers then add them and divide by 2 |
| How do you find the MODE? | Find the number that occurs most often |
| How do you find the RANGE? | Subtract the smallest number from the largest number in a data set. MAX - MIN |
| A statistical graph that has dots stacked on top of each other above each data value on a number line | DOT PLOT |
| A statistical graph that has bars above INTERVALS of values | HISTOGRAM |
| A statistical graph that shows the distribution of a data set by marking 5 boundary points where data occur along a number line | BOX PLOT / BOX AND WHISKER PLOT |
| A data value that is much larger or smaller than all the others (It doesn't seem to belong in the data set) | OUTLIER |
| How do you find the IQR (Inter Quartile Range) | Subtract the first quartile from the 3rd quartile Q3 - Q1 |
| How much items in a data set differ or vary from each other | Variability |
| If values in a data set are very spread out they have a... | High Variability |
| If values in a data set are relatively close together they have a ... | Low Variability |
| The median in the first half of a data set | Q1 - First Quartile |
| The median in the last half of a data set | Q3 - Third Quartile |
| Another word for average | MEAN |
| What are the 5 parts of a Box Plot? | 1) Minimum 2) 1st Quartile (Q1) 3) 2nd Quartile(Q2) (Median) 4) 3rd Quartile(Q3) 5) Maximum |
| What is another name for the 2nd Quartile in a Box plot? | MEDIAN |
| A statistical table that shows the number of times a data value occurs in a data set | FREQUENCY TABLE |
| To make a histogram you first need to make a... | FREQUENCY TABLE |
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