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prob/stats ch1
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Variable | A characteristic or attribute that can assume different values |
| Data | The values the variables asume |
| Random Variable | Variables whose values are determined by chance |
| Data Set | A collection of data values |
| Data Value- Datum | Each value of data set |
| Probability | The chance of an event occuring |
| Population | Consists of all subjects that are being studied |
| Sample | A group of subjects selected from a population |
| Hypothesis Testing | A decision-making process for evaluating claims about a population based on information from samples |
| Independent Variables (Exploratory) | |
| Dependent Event (outcome, Resultant) | |
| True vs. Quasi Experiments | |
| Confounding Variable | |
| Hawthorne Effect | |
| Control Group | |
| Treatment Group | |
| Margin of Error | |
| Margin of Error Interval | |
| Biased Question | |
| Unbiased Question | |
| Sequential Sampling | |
| Double Sampling | |
| Multistage Sampling | |
| Define Statistics | The science of conducting studies to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data |
| 3 Examples of how statistics are used in everyday life | |
| 3 reasons to study statistics | |
| Example of Descriptive Statistics | |
| Examples of Inferential Statistics | |
| find boundaries of 1.6 | 1.55- 1.65 |
| Nominal Example | |
| Ordinal Example | |
| Interval Example | |
| Ratio Example | |
| 2 purposes of data collection | |
| 3 ways to collect data | |
| Advantage and disadvantage of Telephone Surveys | |
| Advantage and disadvantage of Mailed Questionnaire | |
| Advantage and disadvantage of Personal Interviews | |
| Example of Random Sampling | |
| Example of Systematic Sampling | |
| Example of Stratified Sampling | |
| Example of Cluster Sampling | |
| Example of Observational study | |
| Example of Experimental Study | |
| 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of Observational studies | |
| 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of experimental studies | |
| 5 uses of statistics | |
| 7 misuses of statistics |
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