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| A representative or average value that indicates where the middle of the data set is located. |
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| A measure of the amount that the data values vary |
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| Sample values that lie very far away from the majority of the other sample values. |
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| Changing characteristics of the data over time. |
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| Frequency Distribution (or Frequency Table) |
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| Shows how a data set is partitioned among all of several categories. |
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| A Measure of Center expressing the average value for the set of data |
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| A Measure of Center expressing the middle value when data is arranged from least to greatest |
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| A Measure of Center expressing the most frequently occurring data value(s) |
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| the smallest numbers that can belong to the different classes. |
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| the largest numbers that can belong to the different classes. |
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| The average of the upper and lower class limits |
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| The difference between two consecutive lower class limits, or two consecutive lower class boundaries in a frequency distribution. |
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| Frequencies start low, then increase to one or two high frequencies, then decrease to a low frequencies; should be approximately symmetric |
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| A distribution shaped with a tail to the right |
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| A distribution shaped with a tail to the left |
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| A graph that uses categorical data where the bars do not touch |
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| A graph that uses quantitative data where the bars touch |
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| A graph that is a plot of paired quantitative data |
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| A statistical chart consisting of data points of a fairly simple scale |
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