JCC Stats Ch. 1.1 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| statistics | science of collecting, organizing, summarizing and analyzing information to draw conclusions
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| data | list of observed values for a variable
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| population | entire group to be studied
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| individual | member of the population
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| sample | subset of population to be studied
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| descriptive statistics | numerical description of data, no conclusions drawn
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| inferential statistics | use results from sample, extends to population and measure reliability
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| parameter | numerical summary of population
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| variables | characteristics of the individuals within a population
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| qualitative variables | classification based on attribute or characteristic
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| quantitative variables | numerical measures, adding and subtracting gives meaningful results
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| discrete variable | quantitative variable that has a finite, countable number of possible values
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| continuous variable | quantitative variable that has an infinite number of possible values
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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