Vocabulary
Graphing
Data & Analysis
Scientific Notation
Exponents
100
The number that occurs the most in a set of data
What is the mode
100
The most appropriate type of graph to use when our data involves time
What is a line graph (or double line graph)?
100
Is the following bias: Testing the football team to find the average time it takes a middle school student to run a mile. Why or why not?
yes! The sample is not random
100
What is 10^3?
1000
100
3^3
What is 27?
200
A question that gives the respondents choices to pick from.
What is a multiple choice question
200
What’s the greatest amount of data you should use with a line plot?
25
200
What is the median: 1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 1
1.5
200
Write in standard form. 4.82 * 10^5
482000
200
Express in exponential form: 3^3 * 3^5
What is 3^8
300
A survey of an entire population
What is a census?
300
What are the x and y scales on the following graph?
x scale = 4, y scale = 10
300
What is the outlier: 8, 6, 7, 9, 5, 1, 7, 9
1
300
Write in scientific notation. 0.00007051
What is 7.051 * 10^-5
300
Simplify: x^5 / x^2
What is x^3?
400
What are 3 characteristics of a histogram?
Title, labels, x axis, y axis, numerical data, range of data on x-axis, bars, bars that touch
400
If you want to show 20% of a circle graph what angle should you create?
72 degree angle
400
Why is the following question bias: 30 people said they preferred tootsie rolls to jolly ranchers. Which do you prefer?
It is encouraging you to choose the same choice as the 30 people they’ve polled.
400
Which is smaller, 4.6 * 10^3 or 4.6 * 10^2?
4.6 * 10^2
400
10^0
What is 1?
500
What is an outlier?
A number in a set of data that is either significantly larger or significantly smaller than the rest of the data. The “outcast”.
500
A type of graph that cannot be used with categorical data
What is a Line graph, double line graph, or histograph?
500
The four methods of collecting data
What are survey, census, experiment, and research?
500
Which is larger: 1.7 * 10^-2 or 1.8 * 10^-8?
1.7 * 10^-2
500
What is the Product Law? Show an example
When multiplying powers with the same base you add their exponents. (example)