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summer assignment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Descriptive stats | describes characteristics of data |
| Inferential stats | drawing conclusion from data |
| Population | whole/entire group of interest |
| Sample | representative portion from population |
| Parameter | a numerical characteristic of a population |
| Census | when you gather info from the entire population |
| Quantitative | average means something. Ex:Weight,Height |
| Categorical | average means nothing. Ex:Zipcode, Jersey # |
| Discrete | anything that is counted by whole numbers and decimals dont make sense. Ex:population,days,age |
| Continuous | data that uses any # that makes sense |
| FD | how often it occurs. not a percentage |
| CFD | adds up with previous category. looks like a staircase |
| RFD | how often something happens divided by all outcomes. its a percentage. |
| CRFD | stair percentage |