A First Course in Statistics, 12th Edition

Chapter Notes

Key Terms

Note: Starred (*) terms are from the optional sections in this chapter.

• Bar graph 32

• Bivariate relationship^* 93

• Box plot^* 84

• Central tendency 54

• Chebyshev’s rule 71

• Class 31

• Class percentage 32

• Class interval 44

• Class frequency 31

• Class relative frequency 31

• Dot plot 42

• Empirical rule 72

• Hinge^* 84

• Histogram 44

• Inner fence^* 84

• Interquartile range (IQR)^* 84

• Lower quartile (Q_L)^* 80

• Mean 54

• Measures of central tendency 54

• Measures of relative standing 79

• Measures of variability (or spread) 65

• Median 55

• Middle quartile (M)^* 80

• Modal class 58

• Mode 58

• Mound-shaped distribution 75

• Numerical descriptive measures 54

• Outer fence^* 84

• Outlier^* 83

• Pareto diagram 33

• pth percentile 79

• Percentile ranking (or percentile score) 79 ...