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14723401137VariablesCharacteristic of an individual0
14723401138Categorical VariablePlaces individual into a category1
14723401139Quantitative VariableTakes numerical values for which it makes sense to find an average2
14723401140Frequency TableTable of counts3
14723401141Relative Frequency TableDisplays percents4
14723401142Bar Graph- Label axes - Title graph - Scale axes appropriately - Each bar should correspond to the appropriate count - Leave room between bars5
14723401143Pie Chart- Include all the categories that make up the whole - Counts will be percentages6
14723401144ShapeSymmetric, skewed7
14723401145Measures of CenterMean, Median8
14723401146Mean- Most common measure of center - Arithmetic average9
14723401147Median- Midpoint of a distribution10
14723401148SpreadRange, IQR11
14723401149IQRThe middle 50%12
14723401150IQR EquationQ3 - Q113
14723401151Outlier EquationLess than Q1 - 1.5IQR Higher than Q3 + 1.5IQR14
14723401152Dotplot- Only need to properly label horizontal axis - Title - Each dot represents a count of 1 - Works well with a small data set15
14723401153Stemplot- Separate each piece of data into a "stem" and a "lead" - Write the stems vertically in increasing order from top to bottom - Write the leaves in increasing order out from the stem - Be very neat and leave the same amount of space between leaves - Title the graph - Include a key identifying what the stem and leaves represent - Works well with a small data set16
14723401154Histogram- Most common graph of a quantitative variable - The x-axis is continuous, no gaps between bars - Title the graph - Divide the range of data into classes of equal width - Label and scale the axes17
14723401155Five-Number SummaryMinimum, Q1, Median, Q3, Maximum18
14723401156Boxplot- Drawn from Q1 to Q3 - Line in the middle marks the median - Lines extend from the box to the smallest and largest observations that aren't outliers19
14723401157Standard Deviation- Find the distance of each observation from the mean - Square each of these distances - Average the distances by dividing their sum by n-1 - Take the square root20
14723401159When describing the overall pattern of a distribution, you must address...- Center - Shape - Spread - Outliers21
14723401166Dotplot22
14723401167Histogram23
14723401168Bar Graph24
14723401169Frequency Table25
14723401170Relative Frequency Table26
14723401171Symmetric27
14723401172Skewed Right28
14723401173Skewed Left29
14723401174Pie Chart30
14723401175Segmented Bar Graph31
14723401176Two-Way Table32
14723401177Back-to-Back Stemplot33
14723401178Boxplot34
14723401160Is the mean sensitive to outliers?The mean is sensitive to outliers.35
14723401161If a distribution is skewed, use this measure of centerMedian36
14723401162Is the median sensitive to outliers?The median is not sensitive to outliers.37
14723401163If a distribution is exactly symmetric, the median and mean will beExactly the same38
14723401164If the distribution is skewed left, the mean willbe less than median39
14723401165If the distribution is skewed right, the mean willbe more than median40

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