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[1ST YEAR] GE 4 - Mathematics in the Modern World > MIDTERM 01 - Statistics > Flashcards

MIDTERM 01 - Statistics Flashcards

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The science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data

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Statistics

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Are the facts and figures that are collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and interpretation

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Data

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Measures either how much or how many of something

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Quantitative data

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Provide labels, or names, for categories of like items

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Qualitative data

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Is a method for organizing and summarizing data

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Descriptive statistics

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Descriptive value for a population

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Parameter

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Descriptive value for a sample

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Statistic

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Is a method for using sample data to make general conclusions about populations

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Inferential statistics

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The entire group of individuals

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Population

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Is selected to represent the population in a research study

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Sample

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Is any characteristic, number, or quantity that can be measured or counted

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Variable

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Consists of indivisible categories

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Discrete variable

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Are infinitely divisible into whatever units a researcher may choose

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Continuous variable

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The process of measuring a variable requires a set of categories called __________

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Levels of measurement

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Data created by assigning observations into various independent categories

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Nominal

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A scale in which scores indicate only relative amounts or rank order

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Ordinal

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A scale in which equal differences in scores represent equal differences in amount of the property measured, but with an arbitrary zero point

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Interval

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All the properties of an interval scale with the additional property of zero or absolute zero

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Ratio

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A sampling technique where every unit in the population has a chance of being selected in the sample

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Probability sampling techniques

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All members of the population have a chance of being included in the sample

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Simple random sampling

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The sampling frame is ordered according to some criteria

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Systematic sampling

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This method is used when the population is too big to handle

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Stratified random sampling

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A sampling technique where some units of the population have zero chance of selection

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Non-probability sampling technique

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Is a form of non-probability sampling in which the researchers rely on their own judgment

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Purposive sampling

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Provides the information of the number of occurences of distinct values distributed within a given period of time or interval

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Frequency distribution table

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Is the most popular and well-known measure of central tendency

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Mean/average

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Is the middle score for a set of data that has been arranged in order of magnitude

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Median

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Is the most frequent score in the data set

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Mode

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Is the difference between the largest and smallest values in a set of values

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Range

30
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Is a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole

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Standard deviation

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Is a measure of relative variability

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Coefficient of variation

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Is a bell-shaped frequency distribution curve

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Normal distribution

33
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Measured how many deviation a given value is above or below the mean

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Z-score

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Refers to the statistical relationship between two entities

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Correlation

35
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Measures the strength of the linear relationship

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Pearson product moment correlation coefficient

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Is a non-parametric measure of the strength and direction of association that exists between two variables measured on at at least an ordinal scale

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Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient

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