Statistics Key Words

2. The value that appears the most in a set of data.
4. Type of data sorted according to specific characteristics. Also known as qualitative data.
5. The measure of how often something repeats within a specific time.
9. The total number of people or things in a specific set or area.
11. A method of collecting information to analyse and understand something better.
12. A set of information displayed in columns and rows.
13. A diagram showing the relationship between two things.
14. The average of a set of numbers.
15. Numerical data that can only take on certain, distinct values, and is typically counted rather than measured.
16. Knowledge, facts or data about a specific topic.
17. A complete count of the whole population.

1. A single number that represents a set of data.
3. A data point that is significantly different from other observations in a dataset.
6. Information that is expressed as numbers, is known as _________data. Also known as numerical data.
7. A subset of a larger group that represents the whole.
8. Inclination to prefer something or something.
10. The difference between the highest and the lowest value in a set of numbers.
11. Measures how far apart data points are from a central value of a data set.
14. The middle value in a set of numbers that have been ordered from smallest to largest.
17. numerical data that can take any value within a given range, including fractions and decimals.