STATISTICS VOCABULARY

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Across
  1. 5. The average number in a set of data
  2. 6. sample of a larger group of people or objects with one or more characteristics in common
  3. 8. How often a piece of data occurs
  4. 10. value that "lies outside" most of the other values in a set of data
  5. 11. The difference between the highest and lowest score in a set of data
  6. 13. average distance from the average
  7. 14. difference between the upper and lower quartile
  8. 15. A small selection of data from a larger population
  9. 16. Median of the upper half of a set of data
  10. 17. when a graph looks identical on both sides of a dividing line, or when it can be folded without changing its overall appearance
  11. 18. A type of average, the number that occurs the most in a set of data
  12. 19. The middle number in a set of numbers
Down
  1. 1. Median of the lower half of a set of data
  2. 2. of Central Tendency the statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution
  3. 3. statistical question is one that can be answered by collecting data and where there will be variability in that data
  4. 4. and Whisker Plot A graphic way to display the median, quartiles, and extremes of a data set on a number line.
  5. 7. To notice the differences or similarities
  6. 9. a division of observations into four defined intervals based on the values of the data
  7. 12. Uses intervals to show information on a graph