Chapter 3

Question 1

abscissa

Answer 1

the horizontal axis (or x-axis) on a graph

Question 2

ordinate

Answer 2

the vertical axis (or y-axis) on a graph

Question 3

discrete data

Answer 3

data sets where there are no possible measurements in between any two adjacent data points on the x-axis

Question 4

continuous data

Answer 4

data sets where any number of observations between any two adjacent categories on the x-axis are possible

Question 5

scatterplot

Answer 5

a graph showing the relationship between two variables

Question 6

time series graph

Answer 6

a graph showing change in a quantitative variable over time