7th grade Topic 6: Statistics and Probability 7.SP.A, 7.SP.B

Question 1

Bonus! A value that lies far from the “center” of a distribution. It does not seem to fit in!

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Outlier

Question 2

The value that appears most frequently in a set of data. It is ________

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Mode

Question 3

It is a display of distribution of values in a data set separated into four equal-size groups.

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Box and Whisker Plot

Question 4

The value found when all the data are combined and divided by the number of data. It is called:

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Mean

Question 5

This reflects the characteristics of the entire population:

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Representative Sample, Random Sample

Question 6

The difference of the values of the upper quartile (Q3) and the lower quartile (Q1).

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Interquartile Range (IQR)

Question 7

What is the word to describe multiple data points grouped around a certain value or range?

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cluster

Question 8

Divides data into 4 equal parts on a box and whisker plot.

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Quartile

Question 9

What is the name of this plot?

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Box and Whisker Plot

Question 10

The median of the data to the left of the median .

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First Quartile or Q1 or Lower Quartile

Question 11

What is the distance from lower quartile and upper quartile called?

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InterQuartile Range

Question 12

A group of people or objects selected from a population.

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Sample

Question 13

Choosing a sample that gives every member of population equally likely chance to be selected.

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Random Sample

Question 14

A conclusion based on a representative sample that is very likely to be true

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valid inference

Question 15

In the data set 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, the ______ is 2.

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Mode

Question 16

Which one has the possibility of having multiple (or none at all) in a data set?

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mode

Question 17

What is the mode and outlier (one that doesn't fit in!) in the following dot plot:

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13, 24

Question 18

Bonus!! Data collected from every individual in a population is called? (think Mary & Joseph!)

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Census

Question 19

The median of the data to the right of the median is called.

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Third Quartile or Q3 or Upper Quartile

Question 20

The entire collection of people or objects you are studying.

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Population

Question 21

The best way to determine a representative sample is to:

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Randomly select the sample group

Question 22

A conclusion made by interpreting data:

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inference

Question 23

The difference of the maximum value and the minimum value in a distribution.

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Range

7th grade Topic 6: Statistics and Probability 7.SP.A, 7.SP.B

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7th grade Topic 6: Statistics and Probability 7.SP.A, 7.SP.B

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