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Statistics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Statistics | Study of: organization, estimation, interpretation, and description of real life situations. (Population) |
| Individual | Subject of a study. (Woman) |
| Individual Data/Scores | Info collected from real life situations. (Woman's age) |
| Population | Entire group of individuals and/or items. (All women in USA) |
| Qualitative Data | Info that can be grouped by categories. (Sports Teams) |
| Quantitative Data | Info that can be expressed numerically. (Test Scores) |
| Discrete Data | Data observed as a whole number. (Children Born) |
| Nominal Data | Info in the forms of names, lists, titles. (Kings of England) |
| Continuous Data | Observations at any real number. (Miles) |
| Sample | Info portion of population. (Yellow shirts in school) |
| Descriptive Stats | Methods of organizing, picturing, summarizing data. |
| Inferential Stats | Methods of drawing conclusions about a population from a sample. |