Data & Statistics Vocab

3. The average of a data set.
4. A type of distribution that looks the same on both sides of the center.
6. A value much higher or lower than the other values.
8. A type of distribution where there is more data on one side.
12. Part of a histogram that shows how many numbers are in each bar.
14. The number exactly in the middle of a data set.
15. The measure of variability that shows how spread apart the middle half of the data is.
17. A ____ plot uses small circles above a number line to represent the data visually.
18. A box and whisker plot visually shows the data split into four ______ parts.
19. The measure of center that tells the average distance from the mean.
20. A data display that uses intervals and bars to show the data.
21. The _____ quartile is the median of the lower half of a data set.

1. The highest number in a data set.
2. Three values that split the data into four equal parts.
5. The number, or numbers, that occur most in a data set.
7. The three measures of _____ summarize a data set into one number.
9. A _____ question always has various possible numerical answers.
10. The _____ number summary is the set of values used to create a box-and-whisker plot.
11. The three measures of _____ tell how spread apart the values in a data set are.
13. The ____ quartile has 75% of the data below it and 25% of the data above it.
14. The smallest number in a data set.
16. The highest number minus the lowest number.