Statistics and Data Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a measure of how likely an event is to occur
  2. 7. the value that appears most often in a data set
  3. 10. a method of collecting data by asking questions
  4. 11. a characteristic that can take different values
  5. 13. a smaller group selected from a population to represent it
  6. 14. the entire group being studied
  7. 17. a value that is much higher or lower than the rest of the data
  8. 19. a value that is close to the correct answer based on available data
  9. 20. a graph that shows the relationship between two sets of numerical data
Down
  1. 1. the way data values are spread out or arranged
  2. 3. the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set
  3. 4. the branch of mathematics that deals with collecting and analyzing data
  4. 5. a relationship between two variables
  5. 6. the middle value in an ordered data set
  6. 8. a bar graph that shows the frequency of grouped data intervals
  7. 9. the number of times a value occurs in a data set
  8. 12. one of four equal parts that divide an ordered data set
  9. 15. the general direction or pattern shown by data on a graph
  10. 16. information collected for analysis or study
  11. 18. the average found by adding all values and dividing by the number of values