Classifying and Collecting Data
Frequency Tables
Measures of Centre and Spread
Dot Plots and Bar Graphs
Stem-and-leaf Plots
100

Data that is placed in categories

Categorical

100

Number of people that participated in the survey.

33

100

Another word for 'Mean'?

Average

100

The name of the line at along the bottom of a graph/plot

x-axis

100

The part of a stem-and-leaf plot that usually holds 'Tens'

Stem

200

Numerical data that uses decimals

Discrete

200

Most frequent Score

3

200

Determine the Mode:

1, 4, 7, 3, 4, 2

4

200

The type of data displayed on dot plots

Numerical

200

Numbers in the leaf must be put in ________

Order

300

Collecting data from an entire population

Census

300

Number of people that scored less than 3

10

300

Calculate the Range:

6, 8, 3, 4, 7

5
300

The majority of students do sport on how many days a week?

3 & 4

300

What is missing in the following stem-and-leaf plot?

Key

400

The name for a small group of people surveyed

Sample

400

Number of people who scored 3 or more

23

400

Calculate the Mean:

2, 1, 4, 2, 1

10

400

The number of students who prefer swimming

150

400

The mode of this data set

37

500

Categorical data that has no correct order

Nominal

500

Fraction of people surveyed who scored 3 (Must be simplified)

1/3

500

Determine the Median

2, 5, 3, 6, 4

4

500

The number of students who chose a sport beginning with 'B'

500

500

The median of this data set

25