Unit 10

Question 1

box plot

Answer 1

a graph that uses a box to represent the
middle 50% of a data set and line segments at each end to represent the
remaining data

Question 2

categorical data

Answer 2

observations that can be sorted into groups or categories,

such as shoe colors or favorite vegetables

Question 3

data

Answer 3

a collection of facts or information gathered by observing, questioning,
or measuring; usually displayed on a chart, table or graph

Question 4

dot plot

Answer 4

a graph that uses dots above a number line to show the frequency
of data

Question 5

graph

Answer 5

a visual representation of the relationships between data collected

Question 6

histogram

Answer 6

a graph that uses bars to show the frequency of data within equal
intervals

Question 7

-interquartile range

Answer 7

the difference between the upper quartile and the

lower quartile

Question 8

mean

Answer 8

the number representative of a set of data when all values are equally
distributed; the average

Question 9

median

Answer 9

the middle number in a set of data when the data are arranged in
order

Question 10

mode

Answer 10

the number or category that appears most frequently in a set of data

Question 11

modal category

Answer 11

most frequent category in a set

of data

Question 12

mode of numeric data

Answer 12

most frequent value in a set of data

Question 13

numerical data

Answer 13

values that can be counted or measured, such as dollars

earned or minutes spent on homework