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.

Categorical data is defined as:

A data set that is divided into different categories.

A Negative Association is when:

One variable decreases when the other increases.

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

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8th Grade Statistics and Probability Vocabulary

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

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