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Formative Guide #1

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is a collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on the data.   Statistics  
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is the complete collection of elements to be studied.   Population  
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is a sub-collection of elements drawn from a population.   Sample  
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are things that describe a sample’s contents.   Descriptive Statistics  
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is making inferences about what sample data may indicate about a population   Inferential Statistics  
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data can be separated into different categories distinguished by some non-numerical characteristic.   Qualitative  
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data consists of numbers representing counts or measurements.   Quantitative  
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data result from either a finite number of possible values or a countable number of possible values.   Discrete  
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numerical data results from infinitely many possible values that can be associated with measurement error.   Continuous  
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sampling is when members of the population are selected in such a way that each has an equal chance of being selected.   Random  
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sampling is when you subdivide the population into at least two different sub-populations that share the same characteristics and then draw a sample from each subgroup.   Stratified  
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are numbers that describe a population.   Parameters  
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are numbers that describe a sample.   Statistics  
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sampling is when you divide the population into sections and randomly select some of those sections, and then choose all the members from the selected sections.   Cluster  
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sampling is when you choose some starting point and then select every kth element in the population.   Systematic  
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is when the mean is significantly less than the median.   Left Skewed  
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is when the mean is significantly greater than the median.   Right Skewed  
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asking people their political affiliation State of residence Gender   Nominal  
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rating how good a movie is by awarding it one, two, three or four stars Letter grade in a class (A, B, C, D, or F) Size of soft drink ordered at a restaurant (small, medium, large)   Ordinal  
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measuring the temperature in Fahrenheit   Interval  
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measuring the time it takes to run a race   Ratio  
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x with a line over it is known as   Mean  
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Sx = (x is only on calculator, standard symbol is "s")   Standard Deviation  
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number that appears most often in the set.   Mode  
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Med =   Median  
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the difference between the highest and lowest values in the set.   Range  
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Standard Deviation Squared =   Sample Variance  
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Greek sigma x =   Population Deviation  
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