Midterm 1 Flashcards
Variability
How Spread out the data is
CV
stdev/mean
Individual
The objects that are the focus of the study. Basically who/what the data is about
Variable
The characteristic of the individual that is being recorded or measured
Categorical
Variables that function as names/labels for objects. Essentially this is non-numerical data
Quantitative
Variables that are measurements. Essentially this is numerical data.
How do you calculate Percent Frequency?
Percent Frequency (PERCENT) = Frequency / Size of the dataset
How do you calculate Relative Frequency?
Relative Frequency (DECIMAL) = Frequency / Size of the dataset
What is the Frequency Distribution?
A table listing each unique category in a dataset next to that categories frequency
How do you calculate frequency of the number 10 in row A on excel?
=COUNTIF(A:A9,”10”)
How do you form number classes for the range 300-400, using the numbers from the column B?
=COUNTIFS($B$1:$B$57,”>=300”,$B$1:$B$57,”<=400”)
Cumulative Frequency
The cumulative frequency of a class (number range) is the frequency
74 of that class, summed together with the frequencies of each class that came before it
What’s a histogram and how is it different from a bar graph?
A histogram is like a bar graph, but for quantitative data. The huge visual difference between a histogram and a bar graph is that a histogram has NO gaps between the bars.
Positive Correlation
Relatively large X -> Relatively large Y
Negative Correlation
Relatively large X -> Relatively small Y
What is the Mode?
It is the value with the largest frequency.
How do you calculate mode on excel with values in column C?
=MODE.MULT(C:C)
What is the median?
The literal center of the dataset. It is a value such that exactly 50% of the values in the dataset will be smaller/larger than when lined up.
How do you calculate the median on excel?
=MEDIAN(C70:K70)
What is the mean?
The arithmetic average of a set of numbers. It essentially considers the size of each number as its mass, and tries
to find a sort of “center of gravity” for that mass
How do you calculate the mean on excel?
=AVERAGE(C85:K85)
how do you calculate percents of a dataset in excel?
=percentile.inc(array, k)
how do you calculate the first quartile?
=quartile.inc(dataset, 1)
how do you calculate the second quartile?
=median(dataset)