Statistics Vocabulary

-science of collecting and analyzing data

• statistics
• statistical question
• biology
• forenzics

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

-information being collected

• data
• variability
• tally
• graph

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

-type of question that expects a variety of answers

• statistical question
• scientific question
• rhetorical question
• hypothetical question

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

occurs when observations in a data set are NOT all the same

• variability
• statistically
• historically
• reliability

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

-describes how spread out the data is

• variability
• interval
• frequency
• mean

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

-sum divided by number of addends

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

-most frequently occurring number in a data set

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

-center number of a data set

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

-NOT a middle measure

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.B.4

-difference between the largest and smallest value of a data set

• mean
• median
• mode
• range

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5