An outlier is a data value that is...

...much greater or less than other values in the data set.

Relative frequency is all of the following EXCEPT:

The Total Amount of people surveyed

The definition of Statistics is:

The practice of collecting and analyzing numerical data.

Pick the best definition for a Scatter Plot.

Graph of ordered pairs that represents values of 2 variables

A Negative Association is when:

One variable decreases when the other increases.

Categorical data is defined as:

A data set that is divided into different categories.

Probability is best defined as:

The likelihood of something happening.

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8th Grade Statistics and Probability Vocabulary

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1
An outlier is a data value that is...
...from another planet.
...left out of the other information on the graph.
...much greater or less than other values in the data set.
...that "lies" about the rest of the data.
2
A graph that has values that seem to increase (both x and y increase) has a...
Negative Association
Positive Association
Infinite Associations
No Association
3
What is it called when a scatter plot does not seem to have any pattern and is random?
No Association
Positive Association
Negative Association
Circular Association
4
Relative frequency is all of the following EXCEPT:
Compares each variable to the total of each variable as a %
How frequent an item occurs when compared to the total
The Total Amount of people surveyed
The Percent out of the total
5
The definition of Statistics is:
The practice of using electricity to create static.
The practice of taking x and y variables and graphing them.
The practice of collecting and analyzing numerical data.
The practice of rolling dice and seeing what happens.
6
Pick the best definition for a Scatter Plot.
Graph that always creates a straight line
Graph of ordered pairs that represents values of 2 variables
Graph that uses bars to graph quantities
Graph that uses a table to input data
7
This word means "not relating to a straight line."
Perpendicular
Curvy
Nonlinear
Parallel
8
What is it called when you have gathered data that involves 2 variables?
Trivariate
Seeing Double
Bivariate
Univariate
9
A Negative Association is when:
Both variables decrease.
One variable decreases when the other increases.
When both variables increase.
The line looks like it is going 'uphill.'
10
Categorical data is defined as:
A data set that is divided into different categories.
A data set that is equal at all points.
A data set that is scattered all over a coordinate graph.
A data set that is skewed to the right or to the left.
11
Pick the word that means "relating to a straight line."
Line of Reflection
Cohesive
Linear
Crooked
12
Probability is best defined as:
The likelihood of something NOT happening.
The likelihood of something happening.
The likelihood of your mom letting you go to the mall.
The likelihood of you passing math class.
13
A straight line that matches the pattern of a set of paired data as closely as possible is:
Best-fit line
Line of probability
Perpendicular Line
Line of accuracy

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