Question

• _____________ is the process of collecting, displaying, and analyzing a set of _. • consumers may use data to decide which ________ to buy. businesses use data to make important ___________ decisions. • _________________ data shows type of data, like the weight of frogs or the heights of buildings. • _________________ data is when two types of data are considered at the same time. • plotting a two - variable data set can help you see if there is a relationship between the two variables. this set of points is called a ___________________.

Explanation:

1. The first blank: "Statistics" is the process of collecting, displaying, and analyzing a set of "data" (since statistics deals with data analysis).
2. Consumers may use data to decide which "product" to buy (common consumer decision - making context with data).
3. Businesses use data to make important "business" decisions (data - driven business decisions).
4. "Univariate" data shows "one" type of data (univariate means one variable, like weight or height as single - variable data).
5. "Bivariate" data is when two types of data are considered at the same time (bivariate means two variables).
6. Plotting a two - variable data set gives a "scatter plot" (a scatter plot is a set of points representing two - variable data to show relationships).

Answer:

1. Statistics; data
2. product
3. business
4. Univariate; one
5. Bivariate
6. scatter plot