information gathered from observations, surveys and experiments

collection of ALL outcomes, responses, measurements or counts

collection of a subset of the population

number that describes the population

number that describes a sample

branch of stats that organizes, summarizes and displays data

branch of stats that draws conclusions

implies none

data that is attributes, labels or non numerical

data that is numerical

qualitative data categorized using names, labels or qualities

qualitative or quantitative data that can be arranged in order or rank

quantitative data where zero means inherent

quantitative data where zero is a position on a scale