AP Statistics Unit 1

Relative Frequency

the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations.

cumulative frequency

the frequency of all data values that are less than or equal to a given value.

relative proportion

using a single unit or part of the subject matter to measure other parts.

dotplot

A one dimensional plot of a quantitative data set where each value in the data set is represented by a dot above its corresponding location on the x axis.

skewness

A measure of whether a probability distribution is symmetrical.