AP Statistics Ch 1 Flashcards
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| 8550867345 | Symmetric | data on which both sides are fairly the same shape and size. "Bell Curve" | 0 | |
| 8550867346 | Parameter | value of a population (typically unknown) | 1 | |
| 8550867347 | Statistic | a calculated value about a population from a sample | 2 | |
| 8550867348 | Median | the middle point of the data (50th percentile) when the data is in numerical order. | 3 | |
| 8550867349 | Variability | allows statisticians to distinguish between usual and unusual occurrences. | 4 | |
| 8550867350 | Standard Deviation | measures the average distance of observations from the mean | 5 | |
| 8550867351 | Skewed Right | mean is a larger value than the median. |  | 6 |
| 8550867363 | Census | a complete count of the population. | 7 | |
| 8550867400 | Lurking Variable | is a variable that is not included as an explanatory variable in the analysis but can affect the interpretation of relationships between variables | 8 | |
| 8550867405 | Histogram | A graph that represents a frequency distribution by means of rectangles whose widths represent class intervals or "bins" | 9 |