Statistics Unit Vocabulary

The smallest value in a data set.

• minimum

• maximum

A question that will only have one answer

• Statistical

• Non-Statistical

The sum of the data divided by the number of data values.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The middle number in an ordered set of data.

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The data value that occurs the most. Can have no mode, one mode or multiple modes

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The difference between the greatest and least value

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data.

• Algebra

• Statistics

• Geometry

A question that will have more than 2 different answers

• Statistical Question

• Non Statistical Question

Data that can be divided into groups or categories

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

Data that is the form of numbers

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data