1
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the normal distribution containing a single peak and two tails
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bell curve
2
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symmetrical distribution containing multiple peaks
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bimodal distribution
3
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asymmetric distribution in which one of the two tails is disproportionately longer than the other
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skew
4
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the widths of class intervals
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bin widths
5
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useful for identifying outliers and comparing distributions
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box plot
6
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the ratio of the size of the effect shown in a graph to the size of the effect shown in the data
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lie factor
7
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useful when your data are not too numerous
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stem-and-leaf displays
8
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method for displaying the shape of a distribution that is useful with a large number of observations
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histogram
9
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method for displaying the shape of a distribution that is helpful for comparing sets of data
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frequency polygons
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