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Introduction to Statistics

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Where did it come from?   Source  
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A collection of observations. (Measurements,counts,survey)   Data  
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Planning studies, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing,interpreting ,drawing conclusions.   Statistics  
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The complete collection of all individuals to be studied.   Population  
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A subset of a population.   Sample  
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A collection of data from all members of a population (Continuous study)   Census  
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What is it?   Context  
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How was it collected?   Sampling method  
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Any measure if an entire population.   Parameter  
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Any measure of a sample.   Statistic  
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Measurement, Count   Quantitative  
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Label   Qualitative  
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Continuous-measurements Discrete-Counts   Quantitative  
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Neither   Qualitative  
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Nominal, Ordinal   Qualitative  
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Interval, Ratio   Quantitative  
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No order   Nominal  
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Natural order   Ordinal  
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Differences meaningful, ratios not   Interval  
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Differences and ratios are meaningful   Ratio  
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The respondents themselves decide whether to be included.   Voluntary response sample  
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When subjects are asked for information and they give you their desired information, but not exact information. It's better if you did it yourself.   Reported Results  
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Conclusions should not be based on samples that are too small. It's not representing as a whole.   Small Sample  
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Not worded carefully, worded to elicit a desired response.   Worded, Loaded question  
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100% of some quantity is not ALL of it, exceeding it is often not justified.   Percentages  
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No treatment, observe a sample for characteristics.   Observational  
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Treatment & observe its effects   Experimental  
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People who don't report   Missing Data  
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Someone either refuses to respond to a survey question or is unavailable.   Nonresponse  
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Some parties with interests to promote will sponsor studies.   Self-Interest Study  
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Percentage of   Take the percent divide it by 100 and multiply by "of" that number  
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Fraction to percentage   Divide top into bottom  
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Decimal to percentage   Multiply by 100  
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Percentage to decimal   Divide decimal by 100  
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"N" subjects is selected in such a way that every possible sample of the same size n has the same chance of being chosen.   Simple random sample  
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selected in such a way that each individual member in the population has an equal chance of being selected.   Random sample  
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We select some starting point and then select every kTH element in the population.   Systematic sampling  
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Subdivide the population into at least two different subgroups so that subjects with the same subgroups share same characteristics, then draw a sample from each subgroup   Stratified sampling  
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Divide the population area into sections, then randomly select some of those clusters, and then choose all the members from those selected clusters.   Cluster sampling  
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Data are observed, measured,& collected at one point in time.   Cross-sectional study  
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Data are collected from the past by going back in time.   Retrospective  
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Data are collected in the future from groups sharing common factors.   Prospective  
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Subjects are assigned to different groups through a process of random selection. Try to find a randomized way of choosing your sample.   Randomization  
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subjects doesn't know whether he or she is receiving a treatment or a placebo.   Blinding  
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Untreated, Unaffected.   Placebo  
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Subjects didn't know and doctors didn't know either.   Double blinding  
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when you are not able to distinguish among the effects of different factors. Usually unwanted.   Confounding  
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Difference between a sample result and the true population result; such an error results from chance sample fluctuations.   Sampling error  
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When the sample data are incorrectly collected, recorded or analyzed.   Nonsampling error  
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