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| Used to summarize or describe the important characteristics of a set of data. |
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| Used to make inferences or generalizations about a population. |
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| Lists data values (either individually or by groups of intervals), along with their corresponding frequencies (or counts). |
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| The number of times that something happens during a period of time. |
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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 numbers used to separate classes, but without the gaps created by class limits. They are obtained as follows: Find the size of the gap between the upper class limit of one class and the lower class limit of the next class. Add half of that amount to each upper class limit to find the upper class boundaries; subtract half of that amount from each lower class limit to find the lower class boundaries. |
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| The midpoints of the classes. |
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| The difference between two consecutive lower class limits or two consecutive class boundaries. |
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