Terminologies

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Branch of mathematics that deals with organizing, collecting, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data

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Statistics

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Helps in gathering info

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statistics

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Importance of statistics

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Critical thinking skills
Data literacy
Problem solving skills
Research Skills
Career opportunities
Evidence-Based Decision Making
Academic succes

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Branches of statisics

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Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics

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Used to summarize and describe the main features of dataset without making inferences or predictions

Concise overview of data

Collection, organization, presentation, and description of sample data

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Descriptive statistics

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Average set

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mean

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Middle value

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median

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Value that appears most frequently

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mode

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Difference between the maximum and minimum values

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range

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Measure of the dispersion or spread of data around the mean

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Standard deviation

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How much individual data deviate from the mean

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Standard deviation

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Value that divides a database into 100 equal parts

25th
50th (median)
75th

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percentiles

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Table or graph shows how often different values appear in a dataset

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Frequency distribution

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Making predictions, conclusions

Generalizing from a sample to a larger population

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Inferential statistics

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Inferential statistics involves?

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Hypothesis testing

Confidence intervals

Regression analysis

ANOVA (Analysis of variance)

Correlation Analysis

Sampling techniques

T-Tests

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Characteristics or attribute of a sample or population

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variable

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Deals with language

Characteristics or qualities

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Qualitative variable

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Deals with number
Data is quantified or measured

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Quantitative variables

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Kinds of variables

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Qualitative variables
Quantitative variables

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Types of quantitative data

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Discrete variables
Continuous variables

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Can be counted

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discrete

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Data that are measured
Uncountable

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Continuous data

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Represents attributes, characteristics, or group

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nominal

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Incorporates an ordered position or ranking

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ordinal