Year 1 Stats Chapter 1- Data Collection Flashcards
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list of large data set locations
Leuchars - east coast of Scotland Leeming - (Leeds) north England inland Heathrow - inland London Hurn - (southampton) south coast Camborne - (Cornwall) west coast, highest above sea level Jacksonville - (Florida) east coast of USA (NH) Beijing - eastern China near coast (NH) Perth - west coast of Australia (SH)
what is daily mean wind direction and windspeed measured in
direction: bearing or compass
speed: knots and Beaufort scale (1kn = 1.15mph)
daily maximum gust units
knots
includes direction from which maximum gust blowing was recorded
daily maximum relative humidities units
a % of air saturation with water vapour
above 95% is misty and foggy
what is trace in daily total rainfall
amounts less than 0.05 mm (tr)
daily mean cloud cover units
oktas
eights of the sky converted by cloud
daily mean visibility units
decametres (dm)
greatest horizontal distance an object can be seen in daylight
daily mean pressure units
measured in hectopascals
daily mean pressure units
measured in hectopascals
daily total sunshine units
recorded to the nearest tenth of an hour
census
data sets from every member of a population
sample
a selection of data sets from a subset of a population
population
whole set of items that are of interest
less common disadvantages of census
- can’t be used if testing process destroys items (e.g. testing the ripeness of fruit by cutting it in half)
- not possible if population is always changing (can’t obtain accurate sampling frame)
less common disadvantage of sampling
sample may not be large enough to give information about small minorities in the subset of the population
sampling units
individual units of a population
sampling frame
list of all the sampling units, named and numbered
define parameter
number used to describe the population
test statistic
a number generated through calculation of sampling results
what is random sampling
examples
every unit of population has equal chance of being selected
- simple random
- systematic
- stratified
what is stratified sampling
- population is split into mutually exclusive strata and a representative random sample is taken
- with the same proportion of each strata in the population, present in the sample
less common advantage and disadvantages of stratified sampling
advantage
- accurate reflection of population structure
disadvantage
- may not be account for minorities within strata
- must have clearly classified strata for objective results
formula to find stratum within a population
no. of members in strata
————————————- x sample size
total population
what is non random sampling
every member of population does not have an equal chance of being selected
- opportunity
- quota