Data Displays

Question 1

network diagram

Answer 1

has lines connecting small circles or other shapes. Each small shape is a node standing for an individual, and each line stands for a relationship between two individuals.

Question 2

tree diagram

Answer 2

a type of network diagram that shows partly ordered data like organizational structures, ancestral relationships, or conditional probabilities. In a tree diagram, each relationship is one way.

Question 3

flowchart

Answer 3

each node stands for a step in a process. Arrows direct you from each step to the next. An arrow pointing back to an earlier step tells you to repeat that step. A flowchart usually has at least three types of nodes

Question 4

flowchart - process node

Answer 4

stand for actions to take and are usually rectangles

Question 5

flowchart - decision nodes

Answer 5

show questions to answer and are usually diamond shaped

Question 6

flowchart - terminal nodes

Answer 6

show the start or end of the process and are usually oval.

Question 7

distribution

Answer 7

a pattern in how often different values appear in data

Question 8

uniform distribution

Answer 8

each value occurs more or less equally often

Question 9

normal distribution

Answer 9

one central value occurs most often, with other values occurring less often the farther they are from the central value

Question 10

skewed distribution

Answer 10

a distribution with a larger tail on one side of the hump than the other. For a skewed distribution, the mean is often farther out on the larger tail than the median is.