Statistics Vocabulary

the difference between the 1st and 3rd Quartiles

• Lower Quartile

• Interquartile Range (IQR)

• Standard Deviation

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Describes a data set where the tail to the right of the peak is longer than the tail to the left of the peak (mean > median)

• Skewed Left

• Outlier

• Standard Deviation

• Skewed Right

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A table used to show the number of times data values occur within an interval

• Histogram

• Box Plot

• Frequency Table

• Dot Plot

A measure of how much scores vary around the mean

• Range

• Median

• Outlier

• Standard Deviation

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The median of the upper half of a data set

• Lower Quartile

• Upper Quartile

• Median

• Maximum

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CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

A graph that summarizes data by the number of dots above each value on a number line

• Pie Chart

• Dot Plot

• Box Plot

• Histogram

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

Values that are much greater or much less than the other values in the data set.

• Maximum

• Minimum

• Range

• Outliers

Range, Interquartile Range, Standard Deviation are examples. They describe how similar or varied the data set is.

• Standard Deviation

• Measures of Center

• Measures of Spread

• Outlier

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The average value of a data set

• Range

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a data set

• Interquartile Range

• Range

• Standard Deviation

• Median