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| 7392331072 | variable | holds information about the same characteristic for many subjects | 0 | |
| 7392331073 | categorical variable | where the data collected places the individuals in various categories or groups | 1 | |
| 7392331074 | quantitative variable | where the data collected is numerical and it makes sense to use it for numerical operations | 2 | |
| 7392331075 | frequency table | lists the categories for a categorical variable and displays the counts for each category | 3 | |
| 7392331076 | relative frequency table | lists the categories for a categorical variable and displays the percenatges for each category | 4 | |
| 7392331077 | distribution | describes how a quantitative variable behaves. Generally include shape, center, spread, & unusual features. | 5 | |
| 7392331078 | bar chart | a display for categorical data that uses bar height to represent counts or percentages for each category | 6 | |
| 7392331080 | histogram | a display for quantitative data that uses adjacent bars to represent counts or percentages of values falling in each interval | 7 | |
| 7392331081 | stem & leaf or stemplot | a display for quantitative data that uses place values to reprensent the distributions | 8 | |
| 7392331082 | dotplot | a display for either kind of data that uses a dot to represent each individual in the data set | 9 | |
| 7392331083 | measures of center | mean for distributions that are symmetric, median for all other distribution shapes | 10 | |
| 7392331084 | measures of spread | standard deviation for distributions that are symmetric, IQR for all other distribution shapes | 11 | |
| 7392331085 | uniform distribution | a distribution whose shape is evenly distributed throughout the values it takes | 12 | |
| 7392331086 | symmetric distribution | a distribution whose shape is unimodal and each side is roughly a mirror image of the other | 13 | |
| 7392331087 | left skewed distribution | a distribution that has a concentration of data on the upper end and the tail on the left | 14 | |
| 7392331088 | right skewed distribution | a distribution with a concentration of data on the lower end and the tail on the right | 15 | |
| 7392331089 | outliers | values that fall outside the overall pattern of the data | 16 | |
| 7392331090 | mean | the average of the data values | 17 | |
| 7392331091 | median | the value in the center of an ordered data set | 18 | |
| 7392331092 | range | the maximum data value minus the minimum data value | 19 | |
| 7392331093 | first quartile | the value where 25 % of the data fall below it in an ordered list | 20 | |
| 7392331094 | third quartile | the value where 75% of the data falls below it in an ordered list | 21 | |
| 7392331095 | Interquartile Range (IQR) | the third quartile minus the first quartile | 22 | |
| 7392331096 | percentile | the place in the data where a certain percentage of the data falls below that value | 23 | |
| 7392331097 | 5 number summary | includes the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, & the maximum | 24 | |
| 7392331098 | modified boxplot | a display for quantitative data that graphs the five-number summary on an axis and shows outliers of they exist | 25 | |
| 7392331099 | variance | the standard deviation squared, it is a measure of spread | 26 | |
| 7392331100 | advantage of stemplot | retains the actual data values from the data set | 27 | |
| 7392331101 | advantage of histogram | easy to see shape of distribution & good for large data sets | 28 | |
| 7392331102 | resistant | values that are not strongly affected by extreme values, the median is more resistant that the mean. The standard deviation is most strongly affected by extreme values | 29 | |
| 7392388732 | Explanatory Variable | A variable that helps explain or influences changes in a response variable. | 30 | |
| 7392396594 | Response Variable | A variable that measures an outcome of a study. | 31 | |
| 7392400673 | Conditional Distribution | Deals with the rows inside the table | 32 | |
| 7392403073 | Pie Graph | used to show parts of a whole |  | 33 |
| 7392408035 | Bar Graph | a graph that uses vertical or horizontal bars to show comparisons among two or more items |  | 34 |
| 7392411882 | Segmented Bar Graph | Used to compare the distribution of a categorical variable in each of several groups. |  | 35 |
| 7392414932 | Histogram | A graph of vertical bars representing the frequency distribution of a set of data. |  | 36 |
| 7392417655 | Box and whisker plot | shows the variability of a data set using quartiles |  | 37 |
| 7392425634 | Measure of center | Mean - Is not resistant to extreme values Median - Is resistant to extreme values | 38 | |
| 7392429569 | Measures of Spread | Range - not resistant to extremes Standard Deviation - Not resistant to extremes IQR - Is resistant to extremes | 39 | |
| 7392432202 | SOCS | S - Shape O - Outliers C - Center S - Spread | 40 | |
| 7392436050 | Standard Deviation | a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score |  | 41 |
