Statistics Word Review

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Across
  1. 2. a way of displaying categorical data by using either a horizontal or vertical bars on a graph so that height and length of the bars indicate the value for that category.
  2. 4. can have values that are between two counting numbers (fractions, decimals)
  3. 6. test something to determine a specific result
  4. 8. shows how parts of the whole relate to the whole and how parts relate to other parts
  5. 9. a question about a population or a sample
  6. 11. can only have values that are counting numbers (1,2,3…)
  7. 12. explains how each data is represented by a color or pattern
  8. 13. collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to answer statistical questions
  9. 14. the number of times an item or number occurs in a data set
  10. 16. frequencies of two different groups for a given category are stacked on top of one another in order to compare the parts to the whole
  11. 18. two bars that represent each category are side by side used to display categorical data when each category contains two different data sets
Down
  1. 1. a characteristic of a population
  2. 3. data for which each piece of data can be placed on a numerical scale "numerical"
  3. 5. an entire set of items from which data can be collected
  4. 7. the facts or numbers that describe the results of an experiment or survey
  5. 9. one method of collecting information about a certain group of people by asking them a statistical question
  6. 10. data for which each piece of data fits into exactly one of the several groups or categories "qualitative
  7. 15. the characteristic of a sample
  8. 17. a selection from a population