Unit 1 List 1 Graphing - MC Flashcards
Observation
watching someone in a careful order
Data
facts and statistics collected together for an analysis
Variable
able to be changed
Precision
the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate
Accuracy
the quality or state of being correct or accurate
Predict
say or estimate something that will happen in the future
Infer
to collect information from a text and make a guess about it
Independent variable
the variable you manipulate or vary in an experimental study to explore its effects
Dependent variable
what you measure in the experiment what is affected during the experiment
Line graph
uses points connected by line segments from left to right to show changes in values
Bar graph
a data visualization tool that compares data across different topics, categories, or groups
Pie graph
used to show percentages of a whole in pie form
Scatter plot
uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables