Ch. 2 Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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Center
A
a representative or AVERAGE( MEAN) value that indicates where the middle of the data is located
2
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variation
A
a measure of the amount that the data values vary among themselves
3
Q
distribution
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the nature or shape of the distribution of the data (such as bell-shaped, uniform, or skewed)
4
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outliers
A
sample values that lie very far away from the vast majority of the other sample EX; 83 YEAR OLD
5
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time
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changing characteristics of the data over the time
6
Q
Frequency Distribution (or frequency table)
A
a table that shows how a data set is partitioned among all several categories (or classes) by listing all of the categories along with the number of data values in each of the categories
