Statisitics

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Everything or everyone being investigated

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

Collects information from part of the population

Question 3

Mean

Answer 3

Add and divide for the mean

Question 4

Mode

Answer 4

The one you see the most / The interval with the highest frequency

Question 5

Median

Answer 5

The middle value

Question 6

Range

Answer 6

Difference between the highest and lowest value

Question 7

Interquartile Range

Answer 7

Upper quartile - Lower quartile

Question 8

Outlier

Answer 8

The value that doesn’t fit with the rest of the data

Question 9

Primary Data

Answer 9

Data you’ve collected yourself

Question 10

Secondary Data

Answer 10

Data you got from another resource; book, internet etc.

Question 11

Qualitative Data

Answer 11

Non-numeric data

Question 12

Quantitative Data

Answer 12

Numeric data

Question 13

Bias

Answer 13

One sided( collecting data bout ‘How many Cds are bought?’ outside a Cd shop

Question 14

Census

Answer 14

Process of collecting information about every member of a population. Population of a country, Ratio of different genders, Number of employed people, Total number of educated people, etc.

Question 15

Parameter

Answer 15

A numerical characteristic of a population, as distinct from a statistic of a sample.

Question 16

Discrete Data Examples

Answer 16

Shoe size, Clothes size

Question 17

Continuous Data Examples

Answer 17

Height, Weight