1: Stats Starts Here Flashcards
1
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Data
A
Recorded values, whether numbers or labels, together with their content
2
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Data table
A
Arrangement of data. Row: case. Column: variable
3
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Context
A
Who what where when why how
4
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Case
A
Individual about whom or which we have data
5
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Respondent
A
Someone who answers a survey
6
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Subject
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Human experimental unit AKA participant
7
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Participant
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Human experimental unit. AKA subject
8
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Experimental unit
A
Individual for which data is recorded
9
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Record
A
Info about an individual in a database
10
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Sample
A
Subset of population in order to learn about population
11
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Nominal variable
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A variable whose values are used only to name categories
12
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Identifier variable
A
Categorical variable that records a unique value for each case
13
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Ordinal variable
A
Variable whose categorical values pisses order
