Unit 3 Vocabulary

A measuring instrument having two adjustible jaws typically used to measure diameter and thickness

A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables measured along a pair of lines at right angles

A graph in the coordinate plane representing a set of bivariate data

A function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell shaped graph

A change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level

A measure of center in a set of numerical data, computed by adding the values in a list and then dividing by the number of values in list

The value appearing at the center of a sorted version of the list-or the mean of the two central values if the list contains an even number

The value that occurs the most frequently in a give data set

A graph of vertical bars representing the frequency distribution of a set of data

Facts and statistics used for reference or analysis

The degree of closeness of measurements of quantity to the actual value

A standard quantity in terms of which other quantities may be expressed

A proportion between two sets of dimensions used in developing accurate, larger or smaller prototypes, or models of a design model

Used to indicate the end of a dimension line or leader

Also known as a line plot

A measurable extent, such as the width, height, or depth

A method of displaying a distribution of data values where each data value is shown as a dot or mark above a number line

The degree to which repeated measurements show the same results

The distance of a value in a population from the mean value of the population

Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summerizing, presenting, analyzing, interperating, and conclusio

To determine the size, amount. or degree of an object by comparison with a standard unit.

To change money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed into others of a different kind

A group of individual values or bits of information that are related in some way or have common characteristic or attribute

A group of values that is used to analyse the distribution of data

The digits in the decimal number that carry meaning contribute to the precision or accuracy of the quantity

A number value or algebraic equation that is used to conrtol the size or location of a geometric figure

A line that represents a distance

A non governmental global organization whose principal activity is the development of technical standards through consensus

An international system or units of measurement consisting of seven base units

System of Measurement used in the United States