Beginning Statistics Terms

It is a subject in Mathematics that is often applied in gaming

• Polynomial Function

• Circles

• Sequences

• Probability

What is the branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data?

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Probability

• Statistics

What is the word in statistics for any characteristic or attribute of a person, place, or thing?

• variable

• descriptive statistic

• inferential statistic

• parameter

What is a smaller, representative group drawn from a population?

• unit

• sample

• parameter

• statistic

What is the term in statistics for the entire collection or group of individuals being studied?

• population

• sample

• parameter

• statistic

What is the branch of statistics that involves organizing, displaying and describing data?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• sports statistics

• health statistics

What are characteristics that are defined by a number, such as age or weight?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• categorical variables

• numerical variables

What is a characteristic of a sample?

• parameter

• statistic

• categorical variable

• numerical variable

What is the difference between a statistic and the parameter it represents?

• sampling error

• sampling bias

• random sampling

• clustered sampling

A group of individuals or objects that you want to study is the:

• sample

• population