Statistics Vocab

What a data set gives information about.

• Population

• Cases

• Variables

• Statistics

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5B

ANY characteristic recorded for each case in a data set.

• variable

• statistic

• sample

• parameter

___ places each case into 2 or more descriptive categories.

• variables

• quantitative variables

• categorical variables

• explanatory variables

___ measures or records a numerical quantity for each case.

• variables

• quantitative variables

• categorical variables

• response variables

A characteristic in a data set that helps predict, or cause, the values of another variable.

• variables

• explanatory variable

• response variable

• confounding variable

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

a variable that is caused by something happening to another.

• variable

• explanatory variable

• response variable

• confounding variable

Tags

CCSS.8.SP.A.4

A entire group of people or objects

• cases

• population

• sample

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

part of a larger group that is used to make predictions about the total.

• cases

• population

• sample

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The process of using data from a sample to gain information or make predictions about a population

• statistical inference

• survey

• observational study

• randomized experiment

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

a large, random sample that is representative of the larger population

• unbiased sample

• biased sample

• sample

• parameter

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1