Statistics 1

What is a population?

• A tool used to collect statistical data

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• All the people or objects on which data is collected

• A group chosen from a population

What is a census?

• A tool used to collect statistical data
• Statistics collected from an entire population
• The factual information collected from a survey or other source 
• A group chosen from a population

What is a survey?

• process of collecting statistical data from a small group of a population

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• An element or feature that can vary

• A person chosen from a population

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

What is statistics?

• The science of collecting and analysing data

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• An element or feature that can vary

• A group chosen from a population

What is data?

• The practise of collecting and analysing data
• The factual information collected from a survey or other source 
• An element or feature that can vary
• A group chosen from a population

What is a sample?

• A tool used to collect statistical data

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• The factual information collected from a survey or other source

• A subgroup chosen from a population

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The number of matches in each box is counted for a large sample of boxes

• categorical

• numerical

Which of the following is an example of categorical data?

• High School Graduate or Not
• Annual Income
• Years of Schooling Completed
• Years of playing an instrument

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CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? 

• The color of your car
• A person's state of residence
• A person's Zip Code
• A Person's Height

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CCSS.7.SP.B.3

Categorical or Quantitative?
Hours Studying

• Categorical
• Quantitative