Probability and Statistics Chapter 3 Review

This value splits the distribution into halves.

What does a boxplot show? (Choose any that apply.)

A good description of a histogram is skewed left and uniform.

Which term represents a bar of a histogram that is higher than the rest.

A good description of a histogram is unimodal.

Which term could represent a bar of a histogram that is separated from the rest of the data.

What does it mean to be in the 30th percentile on a test?

This value should be used to describe the center of symmetric data.

Which value is a measure of position?

Which value is a measure of center?

$53 is Quartile 3 of a set of video games prices, what does this mean - IN CONTEXT?

Which value is a measure of spread?

$39 is Quartile 1 of a set of video games prices, what does this mean - IN CONTEXT?

This summarizes how far each data value is from the mean.

Which is best for describing the center of skewed data?

If a data set is left skew, which is higher?

What is the benefit of using a stem-and-leaf display over a histogram?

A good description of a histogram is symmetric.

It is impossible to know if there are outliers looking at a histogram.

What value compares the extremes of a data set?

For skewed data, it is best to use which measurements for center and spread?