Across
- 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.
- 4. can have values that are between two counting numbers (fractions, decimals)
- 6. test something to determine a specific result
- 8. shows how parts of the whole relate to the whole and how parts relate to other parts
- 9. a question about a population or a sample
- 11. can only have values that are counting numbers (1,2,3…)
- 12. explains how each data is represented by a color or pattern
- 13. collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to answer statistical questions
- 14. the number of times an item or number occurs in a data set
- 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
- 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. a characteristic of a population
- 3. data for which each piece of data can be placed on a numerical scale "numerical"
- 5. an entire set of items from which data can be collected
- 7. the facts or numbers that describe the results of an experiment or survey
- 9. one method of collecting information about a certain group of people by asking them a statistical question
- 10. data for which each piece of data fits into exactly one of the several groups or categories "qualitative
- 15. the characteristic of a sample
- 17. a selection from a population