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Unit 2 · Standard 6.DS.4

🔑 Describe the Data Using the Median — Vocab Explorer

Lesson 2-3 · Learn the words, then practice them

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Illustration of Describe the Data Using the Median: Using the middle value of the ordered data to say what is typical for the whole set.
Describe the Data Using the Median

ES Describir los datos con la mediana

Using the middle value of the ordered data to say what is typical for the whole set.

Usar el valor del medio de los datos ordenados para decir qué es típico en todo el conjunto.

Illustration of Median: The middle number when you put them in order.
Median

ES Mediana

The middle number when you put them in order.

El número del medio cuando los pones en orden.

Illustration of Mode: The number that shows up most often.
Mode

ES Moda

The number that shows up most often.

El número que aparece más veces.

Illustration of Outlier: A number that is much bigger or smaller than the rest.
Outlier

ES Valor atípico

A number that is much bigger or smaller than the rest.

Un número mucho mayor o menor que los demás.

Illustration of Data distribution: How the data looks: where it sits and how spread out it is.
Data distribution

ES Distribución de datos

How the data looks: where it sits and how spread out it is.

Cómo se ven los datos: dónde están y qué tan separados están.

Illustration of Variability: How spread out the numbers are.
Variability

ES Variabilidad

How spread out the numbers are.

Qué tan separados están los números.

Illustration of Measure of center: One number that describes a typical value in a data set.
Measure of center

ES Medida de tendencia central

One number that describes a typical value in a data set.

Un número que describe un valor típico de un conjunto de datos.

Illustration of Halfway value: The number exactly between the two middle values of an even-count data set.
Halfway value

ES Valor intermedio

The number exactly between the two middle values of an even-count data set.

El número que está exactamente entre los dos valores centrales de un conjunto con una cantidad par de datos.

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③ Fill in the blank

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Word bank
Describe the Data Using the MedianMedianModeOutlierData distributionVariabilityMeasure of centerHalfway value
  1. 1When one value sits far from the rest, describe the typical value with the .
  2. 2The middle value of a data set when the numbers are in order is the .
  3. 3The value that appears most often in a data set is the .
  4. 4A value that is much larger or smaller than the rest of the data is an .
  5. 5The overall shape of where the data values fall is the .
  6. 6How much the data values differ from each other is the .
  7. 7One number that describes a typical value is a .
  8. 8When a data set has two middle values, the median is the between them.

④ Use it in a sentence

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