CK-12 Basic Probability and Statistics - A Short Course

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7.3. Box-and-Whisker Plots http://www.ck12.org


Data
A set of numbers or observations that have meaning and are collected from a sample or a population.

Discrete Data
Data in which the values between the plotted points have no meaning for the problem.

Double Broken-Line Graph
Two broken-line graphs plotted on the same axis and used for comparison of data.

Dot Plot
A graph that shows the values of a variable along a number line.

Linear Graph
A graph of a straight line that has an equation in the formy=mx+b

Line of Best Fit
A line connecting points on a scatter plot that best represents the data.

Scatter Plot
A plot of dots that shows the relationship between two variables.

Bar Graph
Graph that compares data using equally spaced bars to represent the data.

Histogram
A type of bar graph that has no spaces between the bars.

Stem-and-Leaf Plot
A type of graph that is similar to a histogram and the data is arranged according to place value.
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