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scatter plotA graph of points in
which each point represents the value of a pair of variables (plotted on the x- and y-axis, respectively). Used to visualise the relationship between the
variables. | |
sentinel poultryFlocks used for the
early detection of mosquito-borne pathogens that infect the birds without
causing symptoms. | |
skewedA distribution where the data points cluster more toward one side of the scale than the other, creating a curve that is not symmetrical. | |
spreadIn statistics, how
different the data points in a distribution are, that is, how closely clustered
they are to the mean. | |
standard deviationA measure of the
dispersion of a set of data points, as measured by their distance from the
mean, and defined as the square root of the mean of the squares (r.m.s) of
those distances. The square root of the variance. | |
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