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7275323923Simpson's Paradoxa reversal of the direction of a comparison or an association when data from several groups are combined to form a single group, and vise versa0
7282660290Histograma bar graph representing quantitative values and frequency1
7282682887Dotplotplaces a dot along an axis for each case in the data instead of a bar2
7282704615Describe distributions by commenting oncenter, unusual features, shape and spread3
7282709443CUSSCenter, Unusualness, shape, spread4
7282715336centera numerical value that attempts to summarize the approximate typical value of the distribution5
7282728608unusual featuresyou should always mention any straggler (outliers) that stand off from the body of the distribution. If any gaps are present in the distribution, we might have data from more than one group.6
7282747802shape7
7282749525unimodala histogram with one main peak8
7282750932bimodala histogram with two main peaks9
7282756625uniforma distribution with no mode; roughly flat10
7282771104symmetric distributionwhen right and left sides are mirror images of each other11
7282777670Skewed to the rightwhen the tail of a histogram is on the right12
7282779008skewed to the leftwhen the tail of a histogram is to the left13
7282793978rangehighest numerical value minus the lowest14
7290185108Stem PlotsVertical Histograms constructed by first cutting each data value into leading digits (stems) and trailing digit (leaf), use only one digit for each leaf15

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