Pick the best definition for a Scatter Plot.

Graph of ordered pairs that represents values of 2 variables

Categorical data is defined as:

A data set that is divided into different categories.

Probability is best defined as:

The likelihood of something happening.

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.

The definition of Residual is:

Vertical distance between data point and best-fit line.

A Negative Association is when:

One variable decreases when the other increases.

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8th Grade Statistics and Probability Vocabulary

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1
Pick the best definition for a Scatter Plot.
Graph that uses bars to graph quantities
Graph that always creates a straight line
Graph that uses a table to input data
Graph of ordered pairs that represents values of 2 variables
2
This word means "not relating to a straight line."
Nonlinear
Parallel
Curvy
Perpendicular
3
Categorical data is defined as:
A data set that is skewed to the right or to the left.
A data set that is divided into different categories.
A data set that is scattered all over a coordinate graph.
A data set that is equal at all points.
4
Probability is best defined as:
The likelihood of something happening.
The likelihood of something NOT happening.
The likelihood of your mom letting you go to the mall.
The likelihood of you passing math class.
5
What is it called when you have gathered data that involves 2 variables?
Univariate
Trivariate
Bivariate
Seeing Double
6
The relationship between two variables is called:
Disassociation
Association
Unrelatable
Antidisestablishmentarianism
7
An outlier is a data value that is...
...that "lies" about the rest of the data.
...left out of the other information on the graph.
...from another planet.
...much greater or less than other values in the data set.
8
Relative frequency is all of the following EXCEPT:
How frequent an item occurs when compared to the total
The Percent out of the total
Compares each variable to the total of each variable as a %
The Total Amount of people surveyed
9
Pick the word that means "relating to a straight line."
Linear
Line of Reflection
Cohesive
Crooked
10
A straight line that matches the pattern of a set of paired data as closely as possible is:
Line of accuracy
Best-fit line
Line of probability
Perpendicular Line
11
The definition of Statistics is:
The practice of collecting and analyzing numerical data.
The practice of using electricity to create static.
The practice of rolling dice and seeing what happens.
The practice of taking x and y variables and graphing them.
12
The definition of Residual is:
The money left in a bank account after you take a vacation.
Vertical distance between data point and best-fit line.
The crumbs left over on your lunch tray.
Relating to a straight line.
13
A graph that has values that seem to increase (both x and y increase) has a...
Infinite Associations
No Association
Positive Association
Negative Association
14
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.'
15
What is it called when a scatter plot does not seem to have any pattern and is random?
Positive Association
Circular Association
Negative Association
No Association

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