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Unit 2 · Standard 6.DS.6d

🔑 Choose Appropriate Measures — Vocab Explorer

Lesson 2-10 · Learn the words, then practice them

① Word Wall

Look at the picture, read the meaning, and tap 🔊 to hear each word.

Illustration of Appropriate Measures of Center: A mean, median, or mode chosen because it describes a data set fairly.
Appropriate Measures of Center

ES Medidas de centro apropiadas

A mean, median, or mode chosen because it describes a data set fairly.

Una media, mediana o moda elegida porque describe un conjunto de datos de manera justa.

Illustration of Mean: The average. Add all the numbers, then divide by how many there are.
Mean

ES Media

The average. Add all the numbers, then divide by how many there are.

El promedio. Suma todos los números y divide entre cuántos hay.

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 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 Skewed: When most data sits on one side with a tail on the other.
Skewed

ES Sesgado

When most data sits on one side with a tail on the other.

Cuando la mayoría de los datos está de un lado con una cola del otro.

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 Cluster: Values bunched close together in one part of a display.
Cluster

ES Grupo

Values bunched close together in one part of a display.

Valores agrupados muy cerca en una parte de la representación.

Illustration of Gap: A space on a display where no data values fall.
Gap

ES Brecha

A space on a display where no data values fall.

Un espacio en la representación donde no cae ningún valor de los datos.

② Match it

Tap a word, then tap its meaning.

③ Fill in the blank

Use the word bank to finish each sentence.

Word bank
Appropriate Measures of CenterMeanMedianOutlierSkewedData distributionVariabilityClusterGap
  1. 1A center chosen because it describes the data fairly is an .
  2. 2The average of a data set is the .
  3. 3The middle value when data is in order, often best when there is an outlier, is the .
  4. 4A value far from the rest of the data, which can pull the mean, is an .
  5. 5Data that is bunched on one side with a tail on the other is .
  6. 6The way data values are spread out is the .
  7. 7How much the data values differ is the .
  8. 8Values bunched close together in one spot form a .
  9. 9A space where no values fall on a display is a .

④ Use it in a sentence

Pick one word and finish the sentence in your own words.

A is .