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Chapter 5
Analyze Data and Graphs
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Mathematics
5th Grade
09/28/2008

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Term
survey
Definition
a set of questions that is used to gather information about a group or to find the preference of a group
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sample
Definition
a part of the group that is chosen to represent the whole group, or population
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population
Definition
the entire group being surveyed
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random sample
Definition
a sample for which every person in the population has an equal chance of being chosen
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cumulative frequency
Definition
a running total of frequencies
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outlier
Definition
a data value that is well-separated from other data values in a set
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mean
Definition
an average of a group of numbers
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median
Definition
the middle number when data are arranged in order
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mode
Definition
the number or item that occurs most often in a set of data
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stem-and-leaf plot
Definition
a graph that organizes data by place value
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pictograph
Definition
a graph that uses symbols or pictures and a key to display countable data
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bar graph
Definition
a graph that displays countable data with vertical or horizontal bars; compares facts about groups of data
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line graph
Definition
a graph that shows how data change over time
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trend
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a pattern over time, such as increasing, decreasing, or staying the same, that is shown by data in part or all of the graph
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circle graph
Definition
a graph that shows how parts of the data are related to the whole and to each other.
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