Stats Unit 1 Vocab

What is a variable?

• a value in a data set

• a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values

• a value (measurement or observation)

• a collection of data values

What is data?

• values, such as measurements or observations

• variables whose values are determined by chance

• a collection of data values

• a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values

What is a data set?

• a variable whose value is determined by chance

• a collection of data values

• a value in a data set

• a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values

How can descriptive statistics be defined?

• making predictions

• determining relationships between variables

• the collection, organization and summarization of data; when a statistician describes a situation

• performing estimations and hypothesis tests

How can inferential statistics be defined?

• performing estimations, determining relationships between variables and making predictions

• collecting and organizing data

• summarizing and presenting data

• when a statistician

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What is a population?

• a group of people who have nothing in common

• a group of people who have something in common

• a small group of people

• all subjects being studied

What is a sample?

• a small portion of food to try at the grocery store

• a small group of subjects chosen from a population

• all subjects being studied

• the total amount of people in a study

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What is probability?

• when a statistician describes a situation

• collecting random data

• the chance of an event occurring

• a value in a data set

Qualitative Statistics can be defined as...........

• placing subjects into categories by a characteristic

• ordering or ranking variables

• "quantity"

• a numerical field of study

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A Quantitative Variable can be defined as.......

• classifying data based on an attribute

• "quality"

• placing data into categories

• numerical, and can be ordered or ranked

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