Statistics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. The smallest value in a set of data.
  2. 5. The organization of raw data in table form with classes and frequencies.
  3. 8. The range and the Mean Absolute Deviation are both common ways.
  4. 11. The difference between the first and third quartiles.
  5. 12. A value that is very far away from most of the values in a data set.
  6. 13. The number that occurs the most often in a list.
  7. 14. The value for which half the numbers are larger and half are smaller. If there are two middle numbers, it is the arithmetic mean of the two middle numbers.
  8. 15. Plot A graphical method used to represent ordered numerical data where the tens are separated from the ones.
Down
  1. 1. A way of displaying numeric data using horizontal or vertical bars so that the height or length of the bars indicates frequency.
  2. 2. The mean and the median are both ways to measure the center for a set of data.
  3. 3. A diagram that summarizes data using the median, the upper and lowers quartiles, and the extreme values (minimum and maximum).
  4. 4. The average distance of each data value from the mean. It is a gauge of an average on how different the data values are form the mean value.
  5. 6. The number of times an item, number, or event occurs in a set of data.
  6. 7. The average or fair share value for the data. The mean is also the balance point of the corresponding data distribution.
  7. 9. A measure of spread for a set of data by subtracting the smallest value from the largest value in a set of data.
  8. 10. The largest value in a set of data.