DECK 4: UNIT 1 REVIEW MIX Flashcards
P(Z>0)
The probability that a randomly chosen z score is to the right (above) Zero (the middle) is the same as the percent of area above a z score of zero in a normal model.. which is about 50% or 0.5
What does SHIFT and SCALE mean?
Shift is when you add or subtract, scale is when you multiply
What is variability?
Differences. how things differ. There is variability everywhere.. We all look different, act different, have different preferences. Statisticians look at these differences.
What is the mean?
the old average we used to calculate. It is the balancing point of the histogram
What is Q2 also known as?
the median
not associated is the same as being ____________
independent
Compare DATA-STATISTIC-PARAMETER using categorical example
Data are individual measures like meal preference: taco, taco, pasta, taco, burger, burger, taco. Statistics and Parameters are summaries. A statistic would be 42% of sample preferred tacos and a parameter would be 42% of population preferred tacos.
What percent of the data is above Q3?
25%
If you want to calculate the probability (%) something falls between two values in a normal model, what do you do?
find z scores for both value, and then normcdf (Z LOW, Z HIGH )
Year in school (F,S,J,S) and Pizza Preference (pepperoni or cheese) are __________ because _______________
independent because all grades have similar preference distributions.. 40% cheese, 30%pepperoni, 20% veggie 10% other
What does normcdf do?
It gives you the area under the normal curve between any two z scores
What is the total area under the normal curve?
1 or 1.000
What is the IQR?
Interquartile range… a measure of spread. Q3-Q1. The distance from Q1 to Q3. The regular range is Hi-Lo, this is the inner range, the interquartile range.
When there is a relationship between two variables, we say that they are
associated (or not independent)
what happens if you multiply all of a data set by a constant? Think of an example
it is scaled Both center and spread are impacted. Mean/ median/ stand dev/ iqr/ quartiles all multiplied by that constant. Center, spread and all individual values are changed. Consider 1,2,3,4,5 mean of 3 and range of 4. Now multiply by 10: 10,20,30,40,50 and you get a mean of 30 and a range of 40… both multiplied by ten.
What are DESCRIPTIVE STATS?
Make a picture. Describe to me the data that you collected, use pictures or summaries like mean, median, range.
are there any normal samples?
no, nothing is normal, just normalish. The only normal thing is the model we use.
How can you turn OGIVES into histograms?
RECTANGLE DROP! (bin drop)
Compare population to sample
populations are generally large, and samples are small subsets of these population. We take samples to make inferences about populations. We use statistics to estimate parameters.
How do students often mix up IQR and St. Dev
They INCORRECTLY think that Q1 is 1sd below the mean and Q3 is 1sd above the mean. THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! Q1 is only .67 sd above the mean and Q2 is .67 below
What is the difference between quantitative and categorical variables?
Quantitative variables are numerical measures, like height and IQ. Categorical are categories, like eye color and music preference
For information purposes, which gives LEAST… stem-leaf, histogram or box-whisker?
Box/Whisker, BE CAREFUL. you really don’t know how things are distributed. The box and whisker and fish tank give a very GENERAL look.
Make a guess as to what relative cumulative frequency is?
It is the ADDED up PERCENTAGES.. An example is selling candy, 25 pieces sold overall…, with 10 the first hour, 5 the second, 3 the third, and 7 the fourth hour, we’d take the cumulative frequencies, 10, 15, 18 and 25 and divide by the total giving cumulative percentages… .40, .60, .64, and 1.00. Relative cumulative frequencies always end at 100 percent. OGIVE
How can you describe spread?
range, IQR, stand dev, variance, or simply say: From here, to about here