Stats: Modeling the World - Part 3 Vocabulary

An outcome that is free of human influence, given each outcome and equally likely chance of occurring

• Trial

• Random

• Simulation

• Census

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A model of a real-world situation using random-digit outcomes to mimic the uncertainty of a response variable of interest

• Trial

• Random

• Simulation

• Placebo

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A sequence of several components representing events that we are pretending will take place

• Trial

• Random

• Simulation

• Census

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The data that records the results of each trial with respect to what we were "testing" or what is being compared across different treatments.

• Simulation

• Sampling

• Experimental unit

• Response variable

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A study based on data in which no manipulation of factors has been employed

• Experiment

• Trial

• Observational Study

• Treatment

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A type of observational study in which subjects are selected and then their previous conditions or behaviors are determined, focusing on estimating differences between groups or associations of variables.

• Retrospective

• Prospective

• Experimental

• Stratified Random

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A "test" that manipulates factor levels to create treatments, randomly assigns subjects to treatments, and compares groups across treatment levels

• Observational Study

• Experiment

• Trial

• Simulation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A type of observational study in which subjects are followed to observe future outcomes, with no treatments deliberately applied, in order to estimate differences among groups or variables

• Retrospective

• Prospective

• Experiment

• Randomized block design

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A variable whose levels are manipulated by the experimenter, attempting to discover the effects that differences in these levels may have on the responses of the experimental units

• Treatment

• Blinding

• Blocking

• Factor

Individuals or things on whom treatments are performed on whom the response variable is evaluated

• Experimental Units

• Factor

• Sample

• Population

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7