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| descriptive statistics | escribe the characteristics of a data set: measures of central tendency and measures of variability |
| measures of central tendency | median, mean, and mode |
| measures of variability | Standard deviation: is used to assess how far the values are spread below and above the mean. |
| range | the difference between the highest number (maximum) and the lowest number (minimum) in the data set |
| standard deviation | a measure of how dispersed the data is in relation to the mean. |
| normal distribution | shows how traits are distributed throughout a population usually with the use of a bell curve. |
| bimodal distribution | When a data set has two peaks.The two peaks in a bimodal distribution also represent two local maximums |
| frequency distribution | a breakdown of how the scores fall into different categories or ranges. |
