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a brief version elementary statistics chap 3

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statistic   a characteristic or measure obtained by using the data values from a SAMPLE.  
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parameter   a characteristic or measure obtained by using all the data values for a specific population  
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mean   summ of the values divided by the total number of values. (average)  
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median   the midpoint of the data. - arrage numbers in order and select the middle point (MD)  
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mode   value that occurs most often in a data set  
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midrange   the sum of the lowest and the highest values in the data set divided by 2 (MR)  
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weighted mean   a type of mean that considers an additional factor by assigning a corresponding weight to each value. multiply the weight by each value then find the sum of all. Then divide by the sum of all weights.  
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positively or right skewed distribution   majority of the data fall to the left of the mean. mode/median/mean  
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negatively or left skewed distribution   majority of data values fall to the right of the mean and cluster at the upper end. mean/median/mode  
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range   highest value minus the lowest value. (R)  
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variance   average of the squares of the distance each value is from the mean (lowercase sigma)  
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standard deviation   the square root of the variance.  
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coefficient of variation   the standard deviation divided by the mean. Expressed as a percentage.  
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Chebyshev's Theorem   proportion of values from a data set that will fall within k standard deviations of the mean will be at least 1-1/k2  
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symetrical distribution   data values are evenly distributed on bothe sides of the mean. the mean median and mode may be the same value. (standard bell curve)  
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empirical rule   when the distribution in "normal" or bell shaped - 68% of data fall within one Standard deviation, 95% fall within two standard deviations and 99.7% fall within three standard deviations.  
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standard score or z score   subtract the mean from the value and divide by the standard deviation. - represents the number of standard deviations a data value falls above or below the mean.  
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percentiles   used in education and health related fields to indicate the position of an individual in a group. divides the data set into 100 equal groups.  
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quartile   dividing the distribution into four groups  
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decile   dividing the distribution into ten groups  
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outlier   and extremely high or an extremely low data value when compared with the rest of the data values. (calculated by multiplying the the interquartile range by 1.5 and adding to the upper quartile or subtracting from lower quartile)  
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interquartile range   the range between the upper quartile and the lower quartile. (subtract lower quartile value from upper quartile value)  
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stem and leaf plot   a data chart the uses part of the data value (often the tens place value) in the stem column and another part of the value (the ones place value) in the other column  
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box plot   data arranged in a line plot centered around five specific values. (minimum value, Q1, median, Q3, maximum value) called five-number summary.  
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resistant statistic   statistic that is relatively less affected by outliers than others. (ex. median and interquartile range)  
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nonresistant statistic   statistic that is relatively more affected by outliers. (ex. mean and standard deviation)  
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