AP Statistics Unit 1 Review

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What is the mean in a normal distribution?

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The mean is the average value of a set of data, representing the center of the distribution.

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What does a standard deviation indicate in a dataset?

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Standard deviation measures the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

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What is a z-score?

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A z-score indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of the dataset.

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What does the 99th percentile represent?

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The 99th percentile indicates that a value is higher than 99% of the data points in the distribution.

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What is correlation in statistics?

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Correlation measures the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.

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What does a correlation coefficient of 0.6 imply?

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A correlation coefficient of 0.6 implies a moderate positive relationship between the two variables.

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What is a segmented bar graph?

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A segmented bar graph displays the relative sizes of different categories as segments of a whole bar.

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How do you interpret a z-score of 1.50?

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A z-score of 1.50 means the value is 1.50 standard deviations above the mean.

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What is the empirical rule in statistics?

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The empirical rule states that for a normal distribution, approximately 68% of data falls within one standard deviation of the mean.

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What is the purpose of a histogram?

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A histogram is used to represent the frequency distribution of numerical data.

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