| A | B |
|---|
| TENDENCY | AN INCLINATION , OR PREDISPOSITION TO SOMETHING , OR A NATURAL , OR PREVAILING DISPOSITION TO MOVE OR PROCEED IN SOME DIRECTION |
| CENTRAL | IN AT OR NEAR THE CENTER OF SOMETHING |
| MEAN | THE ARITHMETIC AVERAGE OF THE VALUES IN A SET OF DATA |
| MEDIAN | THE MIDDLE VALUE IN A SET OF DATA ARRANGED IN INCREASING OR DECREASING ORDER |
| MODE | THE VALUE THAT APPEARS MOST OFTEN IN A DATA SET |
| OUTLIER | A NOTICEABLY LARGER OR SMALLER VALUE IN A DATA SET THAT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE MEAN , BUT NOT THE MEDIAN OR THE MODE |
| RANGE | THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST VALUE AND THE LOWEST VALUE IN A DATA SET |
| QUARTILES | THE VALUES THAT SPLIT A SET OF NUMBERS INTO FOUR EQUAL GROUPS |
| RELIABILITY | DEPENDABLE , OR YIELDING THE SAME OR COMPARABLE RESULTS |
| REASONABLE | WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF COMMON SENSE , NOT EXTREME OR EXCESSIVE |
