Unit 8 Data Sets and Distributions Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 4. a value that seems typical for a data distribution. (three words)
  2. 6. is one way to measure how spread out a data set is. We subtract the first quartile from the third quartile. (two words)
  3. 8. A set of values that are words instead of numbers. (two words)
  4. 10. a way to represent data on a number line. Data values are grouped by ranges. The height of the bar shows how many data values are in that group.
  5. 11. is how many times it occurs in the data set.
  6. 12. in a set of numerical data is a value in the middle of the distribution. It represents a typical value for the data set.
  7. 15. tells how many times each value occurs in a data set.
  8. 17. one way to measure how spread out a data set is. (three words)
  9. 19. has values that are numbers. (two words)
Down
  1. 1. a way to represent data on a number line where the data is divided into four sections, and the sides of the box represent the first and third quartiles. (two words)
  2. 2. having different values.
  3. 3. one way to measure the center of a data set. It is the middle number when the data set is listed in order.
  4. 5. one way to measure the center of a data set. We can think of it as a balance point.
  5. 7. can be answered by collecting data that has variability. (two words)
  6. 9. another name for the mean of a data set.
  7. 13. is the distance between the smallest and largest values in a data set.
  8. 14. the numbers that divide a data set into four sections that each have the same number of values.
  9. 16. a way to represent data on a number line. Each time a value appears in the data set, we put another dot above that number on the number line. (two words)
  10. 18. in numerical data tells how far apart the values are.