Unit 1 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Data | Information that is gathered by counting, measuring, questioning, or observing. |
| Statistics | The study of numerical data collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to interpret and answer questions. |
| Variability | How spread out the values in a set of data are. |
| Statistical question | A question that would be answered by collecting or analyzing data. |
| Range | The difference between the maximum and the minimum in a data set. The range is a measure of how spread out a distribution is. |
| Dot plot | a number line long enough to encompass all numbers in a sample, showing a dot over the position corresponding to each number. • if more than one dot falls in the same position, they are stacked up. |
| Maximum | highest or greatest amount or value. |
| Distribution | the distribution of data typically takes into account the range and spread of a data set. • it describes the shape of a data set when displayed on a histogram. |
| Mode | a type of average. • in a set of scores, values or numbers the mode is the one that occurs the most. |
| Data Landmark | A notable feature of a data set. Some landmarks are the mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, and range. |
| Minimum | lowest or least amount or value. |
| Median | a type of average which is the middle value of an ordered set of data values. 2. a line that joins the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side. |
| Average | A typical value for a set of numbers. The word average usually refers to the mean of a set of numbers. |
| Mean | usually called the average and may be called the arithmetic mean. • the mean is the total of all the scores or amounts, divided by, how many scores or amounts there were. |
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