Collecting/Organizing Data
When a survey question encourages a certain response this is called
What is bias?
The two lines that make up the sides of a graph
What are the x and y axis?
Data collected by you is called
What is primary data?
A graph that has pictures and a legend
What is a pictograph?
The difference between the largest and smallest number in your data set
What is the range?
two good options to include in a survey question so that everyone is able to answer
What is other or none?
The point where the x and y axis meet
What is zero?
Data collected by someone other than you
What is secondary data?
A good choice of graph to show quantitative discrete data
What is bar graph?
the entire group of people you are interested in gathering information on
What is the population?
When data is organized and a "tic mark" is used to keep track of the count in a table this is called a?
What is tally chart?
The equal distance between the numbers on your graph
What are intervals?
Data that is desriptive and has no numbers is called?
What is qualitative data?
A graph that shows change of something over time
What is a broken line graph?
the number that shows up the most in a set of data
What is the mode?
Data organized in a table with total numbers for each category is called?
What is a frequency table?
The options asked on your survey
What are your categories?
Data that has numbers and can be counted is called?
What is quantitative discrete data?
A graph used to simplify data when you have a large number of numbers where categories are created with a range
What is a histogram?
the number that is in the middle of a set of data when the data is organized from the smallest to biggest number
What is the median?
when a small group of people from the whole group are selected to be surveyed in an unbiased way
What is a random sample?
The largeness or smallness of the numbers on your graph
What is the scale?
Data that has numbers and is measured is called?
What is quantitative continuous data?
Another graph used to organize a large number of numbers where the numbers are broken into two parts
What is stem and leaf plot?
the average number in a set of data, found by adding up all of the numbers and dividing by the number of numbers
What is the mean?