Unit List 1 Graphing TF Flashcards
observation
an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source
data
the study of data to extract meaningful insights for business
Variable
anything that can change and be measured
Precision
how close measurements of the same item are to each other
Accuracy
how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value
Predict
a possible outcome of a scientific test based on logically reasoning about a particular scientific idea
Infer
the process of drawing conclusions based on evidence and reasoning
Independent variable
a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
Dependent variable
what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment
Line graph
visualize trends among dense data sets
Bar graph
used to compare the frequency of a category or characteristic with that of another category or characteristic
Pie graph
A circle divided into sectors that represent the percentages of a population or a sample that belongs to different categories
Scatterplot
