1.2 Standard Deviation Flashcards
How many milligrams are in 1 gram?
1000 mg
What is the mean of 23, 23, 25, 27, 29, 29, and 31?
26.7
What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative?
Qualitative is characteristics and quantitative is numbers.
What is the symbol and unit of length? What does it measure?
Unit: Meter, Symbol:M, It measures distance between 2 points
What is the median of 23, 23, 25, 27, 29, 29, and 31?
27
What is the range 23, 23, 25, 27, 29, 29, and 31?
8
What do you use to measure mass?
A scale
What is Standard Deviation?
measure of the variation from the mean
What are independent and dependent variables?
An independent variable is the manipulated variable. A dependent variable is the effect of the independent.
What is it called when you make predictions with given data?
interpolation
What is it called when you make predictions without data?
Extrapolation
What goes on the x axis?
the independent variable
What goes on the y axis?
the dependent variable
If your mass is 60kg on earth and you go on the moon, what is your mass then?
60kg, it doesn’t change
What’s the symbol for pico and what is the value?
p, 10e-12