Graphs and Plots
5 number summery
Terms
Shape and other
100

Data shown as a dot above a number line

Dotplot

100

smallest number in the data set

Minimum

100

Range of the middle 50% of the data, between Q1 and Q3

IQR

100

the right side of the graph is longer than the left 

skewed right

200

Graph where data is displayed as wholes of a circle, often showing percentages 

Pie chart

200

largest number in the data set

Maximum

200

The average of the data set

Mean

200

The left side of the graph is longer than the right

skewed left

300

Graph where each bar represents a range of data rather than a singular data point

Histogram

300

Data point that falls right in the middle

Median

300

The range of the data set, the largest number minus the smallest

Mode

300

Both sides of the median have equal distribution

symetric

400

Graph where the 5 number summery is easily figured out by a box and lines displaying their location over a number line

Boxplot

400

The median number between the minimum and median of the data set

Q1

400

Numbers that don't fit the overall shape of the graph

outliers

400

How much variability there is in the data

Spread

500

Graph where numbers on either side of a line combine to represent the data, comes with a key

Stem and leaf plot

500

The median number between the maximum and median of the data set

Q3

500

The skew and distribution of the graph

shape

500

The value that splits the data in half, the value of the median

center