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IED Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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The degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to the actual (or accepted) value.

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Accuracy

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Arrowheads are used to indicate the end of a dimension line or leader.

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Arrowheads

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A measuring instrument having two adjustable jaws typically used to measure diameter or thickness.

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Caliper

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4
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A group of values that is used to analyze the distribution of data.

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Class Interval

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5
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To change money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed into others of a different kind.

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Convert

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Facts and statistics used for reference or analysis.

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Data

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A group of individual values or bits of information that are related in some way or have some common characteristic or attribute.

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Data Set

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A measurable extent, such as the three principal dimensions of an object as in width, height, and depth.

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Dimension

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9
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A line which represents distance.

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Dimension Lines

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10
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See line plot.

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Dot Plot

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The rate at which something occurs over a particular period or in a given sample.

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Frequency

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A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables measured along a pair of lines at right angles.

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Graph

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13
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A graph of vertical bars representing the frequency distribution of a set of data.

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Histogram

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14
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A non-governmental global organization whose principal activity is the development of technical standards through consensus.

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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

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15
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An international system of units of measurement consisting of seven base units.

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International System of Units (SI)

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16
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A method of visually displaying a distribution of data values where each data value is shown as a dot or mark above a number line. Also known as a dot plot.

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Line Plot

17
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A measure of center in a set of numerical data, computed by adding the values in a list and then dividing by the number of values in the list.

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Mean

18
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To determine the size, amount, or degree of an objectby comparison with a standard unit.

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Measure

19
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A measure of center in a set of numerical data. The median of a list of values is the value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list ? or the mean of the two central values if the list contains an even number of values.

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Median

20
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The value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.

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Mode

21
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A function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell-shaped graph.

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Normal Distribution

22
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A number value or algebraic equation that is used to control the size or location of a geometric figure.

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Numeric Constraint

23
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The degree to which repeated measurements show the same result.

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Precision

24
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  1. A straight-edged strip of rigid material marked at regular intervals and used to measure distances. 2. A proportion between two sets of dimensions used in developing accurate, larger or smaller prototypes, or models of design ideas.
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Scale

25
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A graph in the coordinate plane representing a set of bivariate data.

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Scatter Plot

26
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The digits in a decimal number that carry meaning contributing to the precision or accuracy of the quantity.

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Significant Digits

27
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The distance of a value in a population (or sample) from the mean value of the population (or sample).

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Standard Deviation

28
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Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data.

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Statistics

29
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A standard quantity in terms of which other quantities may be expressed.

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Unit

30
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System of measurement used in the United States.

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US Customary Measurement System

31
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A change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level.

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Variation

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