Statistics Word Search Printable

A statistics vocabulary sheet with its answer key, from Mean and Median to Outlier and Histogram.

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MeanMEAN
MedianMEDIAN
ModeMODE
RangeRANGE
AverageAVERAGE
OutlierOUTLIER
DeviationDEVIATION
StatisticsSTATISTICS
DataDATA
SurveySURVEY
SampleSAMPLE
PopulationPOPULATION
CensusCENSUS
RandomRANDOM
BiasBIAS
HistogramHISTOGRAM

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HSVSZRHISTOGRAM

QUKAOWZNSAMPLEZ

IRANGEWNPWEEEEO

NVEZIESOOIDATAA

OELUTELOPGILNTO

LYRANDOMULAODON

AVERAGEALFNMEAN

XHCENSUSASEDVET

DEDAQSTATISTICS

GEMROUTLIERDALX

RASKDETROULRTEU

LBMIDVEGNOIAIRO

ZSSQMTESNSTMODE

LEYGFFREUNLFNHC

RBIASBSCLRSHSON

MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, RANGE, AVERAGE, OUTLIER, DEVIATION, STATISTICS, DATA, SURVEY, SAMPLE, POPULATION, CENSUS, RANDOM, BIAS, HISTOGRAM

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Center and Spread 22

Average One number that stands for a whole set. Most often it is the mean.
Center The middle of a data set, shown by the mean or the median.
Cluster A bunch of values that sit close together.
Deviation How far one value sits from the mean.
Extreme A value at the far low end or the far high end of the data.
Gap A stretch of the number line with no data in it.
Maximum The largest value in a data set.
Mean Add all the values, then divide by how many there are.
Median The middle value once the data are put in order.
Middle Where the median sits once the values are in order.
Minimum The smallest value in a data set.
Mode The value that comes up most often in a data set.
Outlier A value that lies far away from the rest of the data.
Peak The tallest point on a graph of the data.
Percentile A value with a given percent of the data below it.
Quartile One of three values that cut ordered data into four equal parts.
Range The largest value minus the smallest value.
Spread How far apart the values in a data set lie.
Standard With deviation, it names the most used measure of spread.
Sum The answer when values are added. It is the first step to the mean.
Typical Like most of the values in the set.
Variance A measure of spread: the average of the squared distances from the mean.

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Surveys and Samples 26

Bias A lean in the results caused by an unfair question or sample.
Census A count that takes in every member of a population.
Collect To gather data by counting, measuring or asking.
Control The group in an experiment that is kept for comparing and gets nothing new.
Convenience Sampling whoever is close at hand. It can leave people out.
Count To find how many there are.
Data Facts or numbers collected to answer a question.
Experiment A test in which one thing is changed to see what it does.
Fair Said of a question or sample that favors no answer.
Group A set of subjects treated the same way in an experiment.
Interview Asking a person questions face to face and noting the answers.
Poll A short survey of opinions, often taken before an election.
Population The whole group that a study wants to know about.
Questionnaire A written list of survey questions to fill in.
Random Chosen by chance, so no member is favored.
Response One person's answer to a survey.
Sample A part of a group, chosen to stand for the whole group.
Statistics The study of collecting, organizing and making sense of data.
Stratified Sampling that splits the population into subgroups and draws from each.
Subject A person or thing that takes part in a study.
Survey A set of questions asked of many people to gather data.
Systematic Sampling that takes names at a fixed step down an ordered list.
Tally To count by making one stroke for each item.
Treatment What is done to one group in an experiment and not to the other.
Trial One run of an experiment.
Voluntary A sample of people who chose by themselves to answer.

Statistical Graphs 17

Bar graph Bars of different heights, one for each category.
Box plot A graph built from the median, the quartiles and the two extremes.
Circle chart Another name for a pie chart.
Dot plot A number line with one dot stacked above it for each value.
Frequency table A table that lists each value and how many times it came up.
Histogram A graph of number data in which each bar stands for an interval of values.
Interquartile The range named by this word runs from the first quartile to the third.
Line graph Points joined in order, often to show change over time.
Line plot X marks stacked above a number line, one for each value.
Number line A line marked with numbers in order. A dot plot is built on one.
Pictograph A graph that uses small pictures to stand for amounts.
Pie chart A circle cut into slices that show parts of a whole.
Scatter plot Points on a grid that pair two measurements of each subject.
Stemplot Stems in a column on the left, with the ones digits as leaves beside them.
Tally marks Strokes used for counting, clustered in groups of five.
Time series Data points recorded in time order, often drawn as a line graph.
Whisker A line that runs out from the box of a box plot.

Parts of a Graph 20

Axis One of the two number lines at the edges of a graph.
Bar One rectangle of a histogram. Its height shows a count.
Bin Another name for one interval of a histogram.
Chart Data set out as a picture so it is easy to read.
Graph A picture of data.
Height How tall a bar is, which shows its count.
Horizontal Side to side, like the x-axis.
Interval A span of values, such as 10 to 19, shown by one histogram bar.
Key A note that tells what one symbol on a pictograph is worth.
Label Words that say what an axis or a bar shows.
Legend The box that tells what each color on a graph means.
Origin Where the two axes meet.
Point One dot on a scatter plot.
Scale The numbers along an axis, in equal steps.
Slice One wedge of a pie chart.
Symbol A small picture in a pictograph that stands for a set amount.
Table Data set out in rows and columns.
Title The line at the top that says what a graph is about.
Unit What a measurement is counted in, such as inches or votes.
Vertical Up and down, like the y-axis.

Kinds of Data 23

Attribute A feature of a subject that is noted, such as its color.
Bivariate Data with two variables measured on each subject.
Categorical Data made of names or labels, not amounts.
Category A named group that data are sorted into, such as a favorite color.
Continuous Data that can take any value in a range, such as a height.
Cumulative A running total of the counts so far.
Discrete Data with separate values and gaps between them, such as a count of pets.
Frequency How many times a value comes up in the data.
Grouped Sorted into intervals before counting.
Nominal Categories with no order, such as eye colors.
Numerical Data made of numbers that were counted or measured.
Ordered Put in a row from least to greatest.
Ordinal Categories with an order, such as small, medium and large.
Percent A share written out of 100.
Qualitative Describes data that tell what kind, in words.
Quantitative Describes data that tell how much or how many.
Rate An amount of one thing for each unit of another, such as miles per hour.
Ratio A comparison of two amounts, such as 3 to 5.
Raw Describes data just as collected, before any sorting.
Relative With frequency: a count written as a share of the total.
Univariate Data with just one variable.
Value One number or label in a data set.
Variable Something that can differ from one subject to the next, such as height.

Shapes of Data 19

Bell curve The shape of a normal distribution: high in the middle, low at both ends.
Bimodal With two peaks.
Chance How likely something is to happen.
Distribution How the values of a data set are spread along the number line.
Empirical The rule of this name: about 68, 95 and 99.7 percent lie within 1, 2 and 3 deviations.
Flat How the graph of a uniform distribution looks.
Left A distribution skewed this way has its long tail on the low side.
Likely With a better than even chance.
Mound The hump in the middle of a bell-shaped graph.
Normal The name of the bell-shaped distribution.
Probability A number from 0 to 1 that tells how likely an event is.
Right A distribution skewed this way has its long tail on the high side.
Shape What a histogram shows at a glance: flat, peaked or lopsided.
Sigma The Greek letter used for the standard deviation.
Skewed Lopsided, with one tail longer than the other.
Symmetric The same shape on both sides of the center.
Tail The thin end of a distribution, far from the center.
Uniform A distribution in which every value is about equally common.
Z-score How many standard deviations a value lies above or below the mean.

Trends and Conclusions 28

Analyze To study data to find what they show.
Association Any relationship between two variables in bivariate data.
Best fit The line of this name is drawn as close to the points as it can go.
Causation One thing making another happen. A correlation alone does not show it.
Claim A statement that data are used to check.
Compare To set two data sets side by side and note how they differ.
Conclusion What the data let you say at the end of a study.
Confidence With interval: a range that is likely to hold the true value.
Correlation A link between two variables that rise or fall together.
Error The gap between a measured value and the true value.
Estimate A careful guess at a population value, made from a sample.
Evidence Data that support or weaken a claim.
Hypothesis A claim about a population that data are used to test.
Inference A conclusion about a population drawn from a sample.
Interpret To say in words what a graph or a number means.
Linear Describes a trend that follows a straight line.
Margin With of error: how far a survey result may be from the true value.
Negative A correlation in which one variable goes down as the other goes up.
Parameter A number that describes a whole population.
Positive A correlation in which one variable goes up as the other goes up.
Predict To say what is likely to come next, using the data.
Regression Fitting a line to data to show how one variable depends on another.
Residual The gap between a data point and the line of best fit.
Significant Describes a result too large to put down to chance alone.
Slope The steepness of a line of best fit.
Statistic A number worked out from a sample, such as its mean.
Summary A short account of data, such as its center and spread.
Trend The general direction of the data.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. The meanings were checked on 2026-10-09 against English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/, in the articles Statistics, Arithmetic mean, Average, Median, Mode, Range, Outlier, Quartile, Percentile, Variance, Deviation, Standard deviation, Interquartile range, Histogram, Box plot, Stem-and-leaf display, Dot plot, Scatter plot, Bar chart, Pie chart, Line chart, Time series, Tally marks, Frequency, Census, Opinion poll, Sampling, Stratified sampling, Systematic sampling, Convenience sampling, Self-selection bias, Sampling bias, Treatment and control groups, Statistical population, Nominal category, Ordinal data, Categorical variable, Continuous or discrete variable, Bivariate data, Normal distribution, Skewness, Multimodal distribution, 68–95–99.7 rule, Standard score, Correlation, Correlation does not imply causation, Regression analysis, Line fitting, Statistical inference, Statistical hypothesis test, Confidence interval, Margin of error, Statistical parameter, Statistic and Errors and residuals. Spellings were checked on 2026-10-09 against the entries of English Wiktionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/. Licence: own work

How it works

This statistics word search printable opens on 16 key terms: Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Outlier, Sample, Histogram, Survey and Census among them. Every word has a one-line meaning, and seven more lists follow a data unit from survey to conclusion.

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Seven lists that follow a data unit

Under Start from a list, Center and Spread has Quartile, Variance and Percentile beside the three averages. Surveys and Samples has Population, Bias, Stratified and Convenience. Statistical Graphs names the pictures, from Dot plot and Box plot to Scatter plot, and Parts of a Graph has Axis, Interval and Bin.

Kinds of data, shapes and trends

Kinds of Data sets Categorical beside Numerical and Discrete beside Continuous. Shapes of Data has Skewed, Bimodal and Bell curve. Trends and Conclusions has Correlation, Residual and Causation for a scatter plot lesson.

Box plot, Scatter plot, Bell curve and Frequency table hide closed up: BOXPLOT.
Easy Statistics has 42 words of three to five letters, such as Mean, Mode, Data, Poll and Bias.
Tick Show clues, not words and Median prints as "The middle value once the data are put in order."

Questions and answers

What is an outlier in statistics?

A value that lies far away from the rest of the data. One very large or very small value pulls the mean toward it, while the median is not skewed by a few extreme values.

What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?

A bar graph shows categorical data, with one bar for each category. A histogram shows number data: the range of values is divided into intervals, called bins, and each bar counts the values that fall in one interval.

What is the difference between a population and a sample?

A population is the whole set a question is about. A sample is a part of it, chosen to stand for the whole. A number that describes a population is a parameter; one worked out from a sample is a statistic.

All 155 words

Center and Spread 22

Surveys and Samples 26

Statistical Graphs 17

Parts of a Graph 20

Kinds of Data 23

Shapes of Data 19

Trends and Conclusions 28

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Kinds of data, shapes and trends

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