Statistics Vocabulary

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

• data

• statistics

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

The practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.

• data

• statistics

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

Concerned with collecting, organizing, summarizing, and presenting data.

• data

• statistics

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

Has to do with making generalizations about the drawing conclusions from the data collected.

• data

• statistics

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The set of all people or objects whose properties are to be described and analyzed by the data collector.

• population

• sample

• random sample

• representative sample

A subset or subgroup of the population.

• population

• sample

• random sample

• representative sample

A sample obtained in such a way that every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample.

• population

• sample

• random sample

• representative sample

A sample that represents characteristics typical of those possessed by the target population.

• population

• sample

• random sample

• representative sample

A piece of data

• data item

• data value

• frequency distribution

• frequency

The numerical value of the data.

• data item

• data value

• frequency distribution

• frequency