Collecting Data
Data collected by you is called ________-
What is primary data?
the number that shows up the most in a set of data is called the ______
What is the mode?
Data that is descriptive like colour or feel is called ________
What is qualitative data?
the vertical line on a graph is the ____ axis
What is the y axis?
The difference between the biggest value and smallest value in a data set is the _______
What is the range of the data?
Data collected by someone other than you like a scientist or Census Canada is called _________
What is secondary data?
The mean is also known as the ________
What is average?
data that involves numbers is __________
What is quantitative data?
the horizontal line on a graph is known as the __ axis
What is the x axis?
I would use this type of graph to show changes over time such as temperature changes in a week
What is a line graph?
A good survey question usually includes these two options
What is other and none?
To find the median of a set of data you have to _________
What is order the numbers from smallest to biggest and then find the middle?
quantitative data that can be counted like number of markers or number of books is known as
What is discrete data?
Where the x and y axis meet is____
What is zero?
This type of graph uses symbols to represent values
What is a pictograph?
When the whole school is surveyed or all the people in Canada are asked a question, this whole group is known as the __________
What is the population?
when you add up all the numbers in a set of data and divide by the number of numbers you are finding the __________
What is the mean?
quantitative data that is measured like time or distance is called __________
What is continuous data?
If my graphs numbers are going up by 5's this is known as the ________
What is the scale?
When comparing the colour of candies in two packs of skittles I would use a ______ graph
What is double bar graph?
When part of a group is surveyed such as 5 of the classes in a school or 100 000 people in Canada this is known as a _________
What is sample?
if two numbers show up the most in a set of data it is called
What is bimodal?
when the numbering on a graph is spaced out a lot or very close together this can distort or change what the data looks like creating _____ in your data
What is bias?
if my data involves really big numbers I can use this to show that the distance between zero and my first number is different than the distance between all of my other numbers
What is a zig zag line?
What is a double line graph?