The sum of the data divided by the number of data values.
What is mean?
100
23, 42, 33, 117, 36, 40 = 117
What is the outlier in this data set?
100
A measure that describes the typical value of a data set.
What is measure of center?
100
The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data.
What is statistics?
100
Divide the data into four equal parts.
What is a quartile?
200
A data value which is much greater or much less than the other values.
What is an outlier?
200
5, 7, 12, 16 = 10
What is the mean of the data?
200
An average of how much data values differ from the mean.
What is mean absolute deviation?
200
A question for which you do not expect to get a single answer.
What is statistical question?
200
The median of the lower half of a data set.
What is the first quartile?
300
For a data set with an odd number of ordered values, the middle value. For a data set with an even number of ordered values, the mean of the two middle values.
What is median?
300
3, 4, 4, 7, 7, 9, 12 = 4 and 7
What is mode of the data set?
300
A measure that describes the distribution of a data set.
What is measure of variation?
300
"What is the daily high temperature in August?"
What is an example of a statistical question?
300
The median of the upper half of a data set.
What is the third quartile?
400
The data value or values that occur most often; there can be one, more than one, or none.
What is mode?
400
24, 25, 29, 33, 38 = 29
What is the median of the data set?
400
The mean, median, and mode are all...
What are measures of center?
400
"What is today's date?"
What is not an example of a statistical question?
400
The difference between the third quartile and the first quartile of a data set.
What is interquartile range?
500
The difference between the greatest value and least value of a data set.
What is range?
500
12, 16, 18, 22, 27, 35
35 - 12 = 23
What is the range of the data set?
500
The range, interquartile range, and mean absolute deviation are all...
What are measures of variation?
500
A question on a specific topic which people care about and must have variation in answers.
What are the characteristics of a statistical question?