Data & Statistics Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. The average of a data set.
  2. 4. A type of distribution that looks the same on both sides of the center.
  3. 6. A value much higher or lower than the other values.
  4. 8. A type of distribution where there is more data on one side.
  5. 12. Part of a histogram that shows how many numbers are in each bar.
  6. 14. The number exactly in the middle of a data set.
  7. 15. The measure of variability that shows how spread apart the middle half of the data is.
  8. 17. A ____ plot uses small circles above a number line to represent the data visually.
  9. 18. A box and whisker plot visually shows the data split into four ______ parts.
  10. 19. The measure of center that tells the average distance from the mean.
  11. 20. A data display that uses intervals and bars to show the data.
  12. 21. The _____ quartile is the median of the lower half of a data set.
Down
  1. 1. The highest number in a data set.
  2. 2. Three values that split the data into four equal parts.
  3. 5. The number, or numbers, that occur most in a data set.
  4. 7. The three measures of _____ summarize a data set into one number.
  5. 9. A _____ question always has various possible numerical answers.
  6. 10. The _____ number summary is the set of values used to create a box-and-whisker plot.
  7. 11. The three measures of _____ tell how spread apart the values in a data set are.
  8. 13. The ____ quartile has 75% of the data below it and 25% of the data above it.
  9. 14. The smallest number in a data set.
  10. 16. The highest number minus the lowest number.