Biostat Flashcards

1
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Are values below which a specified fraction or percentage of a given observation in a data set must fall.

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Measure of location or Fractiles

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2
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3 Commonly used measures of dispersion other than MAD and Standard deviation.

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Coefficient Variation
Interquartile Range
Quartile Deviation

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3
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Is another measures of dispersion which is defined as the ratio of the standard deviation to its mean.

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Coefficient Variation

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4
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Is the difference between the Third quartile and the first quartile.

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Interquartile Range

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5
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Is half of the Interquartile Range

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Quartile Deviation

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6
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Is a popular term it is being used in anything we encounter everyday and almost in all fields like sports, medicine, meteorology, gambling, and even love life.

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Probability

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7
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Is the study of chance and is very fundamental subject that we apply in everyday living.

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Probability

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8
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More concerned with how we handle data using different analysis technique and collection method

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Statistics

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9
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Deals with prediction the likelihood of future events.

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Probability

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10
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Involves the analysis of the frequency of past events.

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Statistics

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11
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Is primarily a theoretical branch of mathematics which studies the consequences of mathematical definitions

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Probability

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12
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An action through which counts, measurements, or responses are obtained.

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Probability experiment

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13
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The set of all possible outcomes

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Sample space (Example {1,2,3,4,5,6})

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14
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Subset of the sample space

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Event (example die is even {2,4,6})

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15
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The result of a single trial

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Outcome (Example {4}

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16
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An event consisting of only one element

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Simple Event

17
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An event contains more than one element

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Compound Event

18
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An event that does not have any element

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Null Event or Empty Event

19
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Two elements That do not have a common elements

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Mutually Exclusive

20
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Is an impossible event because it will never happen

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Null event or Empty Event

21
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Event that is always a sure event

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Sample space

22
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The probability an Event B will occur, given (on the condition) that another event A has occurred

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Conditional Probability

23
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How do you say or write this P (B|A)

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Probability of B given A

24
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Two dice rolled find the probability the second die is a 4 given the first was a 4

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Independent Events

25
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To find the probability that two events, A and B will occur in sequence, multiply the probability A occurs by the conditional probability B occurs, Given A has occurred.

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Multiplication Rule

25
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The probability of getting a defective car for the second car depends on whether the first was defective.

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Dependent Event

26
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If they cannot Occur in the same trial

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Mutually Exclusive

27
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Can occur in the same trial

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Non-mutually exclusive

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