Engineering Data Analysis

______ is defined as the branch of science that deals with collection, presentation, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data

• Statistics

• Descriptive statistics

• Inferential statistics

Examples of applications of statistics include:

• Population census

• Public choices/responses

• Product advertisements

• Teaching and instruction

• Scientific observations and experiments

There are two main branches of statistics: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

• True

• False

______ is the branch of statistics that includes methods for organizing and summarizing data.

• Statistics

• Descriptive statistics

• Inferential statistics

_______ is the branch of statistics that involves generalizing from a sample to the population from which the sample was selected and assessing the reliability of such generalizations.

• Statistics

• Descriptive statistics

• Inferential statistic

Statistics deals with both uncertainty and variability

• True

• False

______ occurs when the true value of a certain quantity at a single instance is unknown

• Uncertainty

• Variability

_______ occurs when the said quantity is measured at multiple instances and there are considerable differences between the said measurement trials

• Uncertainty

• Variability

_________ are those that are caused by natural randomness. It is natural in reality that the properties of several samples of a certain object may be different.

• Aleatory uncertainties

• Epistemic uncertainties

______ are those that are caused by an "incomplete" understanding of reality. For simplicity of understanding of some physical phenomena, assumptions must be made.

• Aleatory uncertainties

• Epistemic uncertainties