Statistics Flashcards

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A science which deals with the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data

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Statistics

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Involves more than the simple collection, tabulation and summarizing of data

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Statistics

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Uses of statistics:

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  1. Give a precise description of data
  2. Predict the outcome of experiment or behaviour of an individual
  3. Used to test the hypothesis
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Deals with the method of organizing, summarizing and presenting a mass of data

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Descriptive Statistics

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Deals with making generalizations about a body of data. Analysis of a subset of data leading to predictions or inferences

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Inferential Statistics

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Individuals or entities under consideration or study

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Population

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Part of the population or sub-collection of elements

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Sample

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Characteristic of interest measurable

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Variable

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Types of variable

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Qualitative

Quantitative

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Categories or attributes, which have non-numerical characteristics

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Qualitative variable

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Consist of numbers representing counts or measurements

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Quantitative Variable

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Results from either a finite number of possible values or a countable number

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Discrete Quantitative Variable

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Results from infinitely many possible values

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Continuous Quantitative Variable

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Characteristic of a population

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Parameter

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Characteristic of a sample

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Statistic

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Conducted to gather opinions or feedbacks

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Conducted by gathering information from the entire population

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Census Survey

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Gathering information only from part of the population

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Sampling Survey

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Data that consists of names, labels, or categories only

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Arranged in some order

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No inherent (natural) zero starting point

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Include the inherent zero starting point

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Types of Direct or Interview Method

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Face-to-face Interview
Telephone Interview
Computed Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

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Types of Indirect or Questionnaire Method

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Paper-pencil-questionnaires

Web based questionnaires

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Enforced by certain laws
Registration method
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Oftentimes used when the respondents cannot read nor write
Observation Method
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Determine the cause and effect of certain phenomena or event
Experimental Method
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Characteristics of a good question
Unbiased Must be clear and simply stated Must be precise Lend themselves to easy analyses
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Kinds of questions
Open questions | Closed questions
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Collected from original sources
Primary Data
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Information taken from published or unpublished materials
Secondary Data
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Process of selecting the samples from the population
Sampling
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Latin Word status meaning _____
"state"
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Entire group the researcher is interested in
Target population
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Collection of elements from which the sample is actually taken
Sampled population
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Listing of all individual units in the population
The frame