vocabulary Flashcards
(12 cards)
Line Plot
a graph that uses Xs above a number line to show data; line plots are useful for showing how data is grouped
statistical question
a question that can have a variety of answers and can be used to make a prediction about a larger group
distribution
shows about how spread out or how clustered data values are
Mean
the sum of all values dived by the number of values
median
the middle number in a data set when all of the values are listed from least to greatest
mode
the number that appears most often inside of data set
box plot
a five number summary that includes the minimum the lower quartile and the maximum showen graphically next
lower quartile
the middle number of all values less than the median
upper quarteil
the middle of all numbers higher than the median
range
the diffrence between numbers
IQR
the difrence between the upper quarteil and the lower quarteil
outlier
a data point far away