Statistics Vocabulary
Classifying Data & Measurements
Graphs
Measures of Center
Measures of Spread
100
A person, animal, or thing described in a set of data
What is Individual
100
This type of data consists of attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries.
What is Categorical Data.
100
The shape of this histogram.
What is Skewed to the right.
100
15, 20, 20, 30, 35
The median of this data set.
What is 20
100
10, 15, 20, 20, 30, 35, 40
The range of this data set.
What is 30
200
A data point that is distant (far from) the other data.
What is an Outlier
200
This type of Data consists of numerical entries where it makes sense to find the average.
What is Quantitative Data
200
The median of this stem plot.
What is 103
200
15, 20, 20, 30, 35
The mean of this data set.
What is 24
200
The Measure of Variability (spread) that represents the distance of the data points from the mean.
What is Standard Deviation
300
The science of collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data.
What is Statistics
300
The Three Measures of Central Tendency (Center)
What are Mean, Median and Mode
300
The Class with the greater interquartile range.
What is Class B.
300
The shape of a distribution where
the mean = the median.
What is symmetrical
300
The measure of Variability (Spread) that represents the inner 50% of the data.
What is Interquartile Range
400
This type of table shows the count of individuals having each data value.
What is a Frequency Table
400
The Three Measures of Variability (Spread)
What are Range, Interquartile Range (IQR) and Standard Deviation
400
This type of Graph is used to show changes in value over time.
What is a Line Graph.
400
The shape of a distribution where the mean is less than the median.
What is skewed to the left
400
10, 15, 20, 20, 30, 35, 40
The interquartile range of this data set.
What is 20
500
This type of table shows the proportion or percent of individuals having each data value.
What is a Relative Frequency Table
500
These two types of graphs can be used to show categorical data.
What are pie charts and bar graphs
500
The interquartile range of this dot plot.
What is 4
500
The shape of a distribution where the mean is greater than the median.
What is skewed to the right
500
15, 20, 20, 30, 35
The standard deviation of this data set, rounded to the nearest tenth.
What is 7.3