VOCABULARY RELATED TO STATISTICS | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The total of all scores divided by how many scores there were.

AVERAGE

Mathematical information organised in columns and rows.

TABLE

Data categories like food, clothes, eye colours and hobbies.

QUALITATIVE DATA

Numbers collected for use in statistics and other forms of problem solving.

DATA

It can have an infinite of possible values within a selected range.

CONTINUOUS DATA

The gathering of data from an entire population.

CENSUS

A graph using a divided circle where each section represents part of the total.

PIE CHART

A computer program that is used to organise and manipulate data.

SPREADSHEET

Data that can be counted (discrete data) or measured (continuous data).

QUANTITATIVE DATA

The middle value in an ordered set - line up the numbers from smallest to largest and find the middle.

MEDIAN

To get data from part of a group and use it to give information about the whole group.

SAMPLE

The sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of items.

MEAN

It has only a finite or limited number of possible values.

DISCRETE DATA

In a histogram the range of values is divided in ...

CLASS INTERVAL

The branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, analysis, interpretation, explanation, and presentation of data.

STATISTICS

From the lowest score to the highest score.

RANGE

A detailed investigation of something by means of a questionnaire or an interview.

SURVEY

The data item that occurs most frequently in a set of items. A set may have more than one of these.

MODE

A graph where data is shown in bars.

BAR GRAPH

A graph that shows the frequency of data. The height of each bar shows the number of items in each interval.

HISTOGRAM

The total number of trials or observations.

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY

Table using marks to record counting.

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