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Ch. 2 Stats
vocabulary from Ch. 2 Triola
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Mathematics
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04/14/2019

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Measures of Center
Definition
A representative or average value that indicates where the middle of the data set is located.
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Variation
Definition
A measure of the amount that the data values vary
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Outliers
Definition
Sample values that lie very far away from the majority of the other sample values.
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Time
Definition
Changing characteristics of the data over time.
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Frequency Distribution (or Frequency Table)
Definition
Shows how a data set is partitioned among all of several categories.
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Mean
Definition
A Measure of Center expressing the average value for the set of data
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Median
Definition
A Measure of Center expressing the middle value when data is arranged from least to greatest
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Mode
Definition
A Measure of Center expressing the most frequently occurring data value(s)
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Lower Class Limits
Definition
the smallest numbers that can belong to the different classes.
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Upper Class Limits
Definition
the largest numbers that can belong to the different classes.
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Class Midpoints
Definition
The average of the upper and lower class limits
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Class Width
Definition
The difference between two consecutive lower class limits, or two consecutive lower class boundaries in a frequency distribution.
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Normal Distribution
Definition
Frequencies start low, then increase to one or two high frequencies, then decrease to a low frequencies; should be approximately symmetric
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Right Skew
Definition
A distribution shaped with a tail to the right
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Left Skew
Definition
A distribution shaped with a tail to the left
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Bar Graphs
Definition
A graph that uses categorical data where the bars do not touch
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Histogram
Definition
A graph that uses quantitative data where the bars touch
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Scatter Plot
Definition
A graph that is a plot of paired quantitative data
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Dot Plot
Definition
A statistical chart consisting of data points of a fairly simple scale
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