Chapter 1: Basics

Question 1

Overarching group to know about

Answer 1

population

Question 2

Numerical values that describe a population

Answer 2

Parameters

Question 3

Selection of individuals to study more feasibly

Answer 3

Sample

Question 4

Numerical values that describe a sample

Answer 4

Statistics

Question 5

Variable that sorts subjects into categories

Answer 5

Categorical Variable

Question 6

Variable that measures a numerical quantity

Answer 6

Quantitative Variable

Question 7

What kind of variable is a phone number

Answer 7

Categorical

Question 8

What kind of variable is height

Answer 8

Quantitative

Question 9

The person or object being studied

Answer 9

Subject

Question 10

Features of the subject that are measured

Answer 10

Variables

Question 11

Variable with the sole purpose of identifying the subject

Answer 11

Identifier

Question 12

Collecting data from the entire population

Answer 12

Census

Question 13

How data is obtained (survey, experiment, etc.)

Answer 13

Design

Question 14

Summarization of obtained data (charts, values, etc.)

Answer 14

Description

Question 15

Predictions made based on data

Answer 15

Inference

Question 16

Variability between experimented samples of the same population

Answer 16

Sampling Variability

Question 17

μ (mu)

Answer 17

Population mean

Question 18

P

Answer 18

Population proportion

Question 19

x̄ (x-bar)

Answer 19

Sample mean

Question 20

p̂ (p-hat)

Answer 20

Sample proportion

Question 21

Value between 1 and 0 which denotes a percentage or part of a population (EX: 95% = 0.95)

Answer 21

Proportion