statistical vocab

Question 1

line plot

Answer 1

a graph that uses xs above a number line to show data line plots are useful for showing how data is grouped

Question 2

statistical question

Answer 2

a question that can have a variety of answers and can be used to make a prediction about a larger group

Question 3

distribution

Answer 3

shows how spread out how clusterd data values are

Question 4

mean

Answer 4

thew sum of all the values divided by the numbers of values 7,9,10,13,15,15,15, the mean ids 12

Question 5

median

Answer 5

the middle number in a data set when all the values are listed from least to greatest 7,9,10,13,15,15,15 the median is 13,

Question 6

mode

Answer 6

the number that appears most often in a data set

Question 7

box plot

Answer 7

a five number summary that includes the minimum the lower quartile the median the upper quartile and the maximum shown graphically next to a number line

Question 8

lower quartile

Answer 8

the middle number of all values less than the midian

Question 9

upper quartile

Answer 9

the middle number of all values greater than the median

Question 10

range

Answer 10

the difference beetbween the greatest and least values in a data set

Question 11

interquartile range

Answer 11

the difference beetween the upper quartile and lower quartile

Question 12

outlier

Answer 12

a data point far from other data points