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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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Data

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Facts that convey information

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Two parts of Data

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Observation and variable

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Variable

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Name for what is being counted, measured, or observed

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Observations

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Actual data values observed

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Variation

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Observations vary

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Data Distribution

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Pattern summarizing variation

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Two main types of Quantitative Variables

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Discrete and Continuous

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Two main types of Categorical (Qualitative) Variables

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Ordinal and Nominal

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Discrete

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Possible values belong to a set of distinct numbers

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Continuous

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Possible values belong to an interval (such as 10-50) and can take on any value in that interval.

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Ordinal

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Ordered categories (education levels)

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Nominal

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Un-ordered categories (color, marital status)

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Two notes on Variable types

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A continuous variable may be simplified into a Categorical one for short

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What is a Bar Chart used for?

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Displaying Categorical variables

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Bar Chart x-axis

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Categories or classes

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Bar Chart y-axis

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Count (frequency) or relative frequency

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Relative Frequency for sample size n

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A percent value find by dividing the frequency of a given class by the sample size (A/n, B/n, …)

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18
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What does using Relative Frequency change in a Bar Chart?

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Only the y-axis quantities to percents; proportionally the chart remains unchanged

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What is a Frequency Histogram used for?

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Displaying quantitative variables

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Frequency Histogram x-axis

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Intervals (bins)

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Frequency Histogram y-axis

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Counts (frequency) or relative frequency

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Sturge’s Rule

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Two main types of Variables

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Quantitative and Categorical (Qualitative)

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Quantitative

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Observations which take on numerical values

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Categorical (Qualitative)

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Each observation belongs to any one set of categories

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Different interval locations

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Change histogram

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How to determine if Frequency Histogram shows true pattern of variation?

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Create several histograms and choose one that displays features common to most to analyze

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Four patterns to look for in Frequency Histogram

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  1. Modality (# of peaks) 2. Symmetry (is it mirrored?) 3. Center (where is it?) 4. Spread (how spread is data?)
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Outliers

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Values lying well away from rest of data

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Modal Bar

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Bar with height greater than or equal to those adjacent to it

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Mode

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Location of modal bar

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Unimodal

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Single modal bar

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Bi-modal

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Exactly two modal bars

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Multimodal

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More than one modal bar

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Symmetric

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Bars to left of some point are mirror images of those to right of same point

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Skewed

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Not symmetric

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Right skewed

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Tail extends farther right

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Left skewed

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Tail extends farther left

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Symmetric relative to mean and median

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Both are equal

40
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Right skewed relative to mean and median

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Mean greater than median

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Left skewed relative to mean and median

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Mean less than median

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What causes symmetric unimodal?

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Homogeneous populations or measurement errors

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What causes right skewness?

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Data that is lower bounded but not upper bounded (salaries, age of living adults)

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What causes left skewness?

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Data that is upper bounded but not lower bounded (age at death, lifespan)

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What causes multi-modality?

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Non-homogeneous populations (male/female mixed heights)

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What casues short tails?

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Mixture of streams.

47
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Time Series Plot

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Plots data against time

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Time Series Plot x-axis

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Time or order

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Time Series Plot y-axis

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Observed value at given times

50
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Stationary process

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A data-generating mechanism in which the variation of data does not change over time (graph averages out to a horizontal line)

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Stratified Plot

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Data broken into groups (strata) and distributions are compared

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What is a Stratified Plot used for?

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Comparing data from stationary processes

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What to look for in a Stratified Plot

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Spread within strata and differences in centers between different strata

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Within-Variation

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Variation or spread within strata

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Between-Variation

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Differences in center location between strata

56
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Noise

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Random variation caused by poor supervision or training

57
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How to reduce Noise?

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Change in process

58
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Bias

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Systematic variation caused by improper machines or tools

59
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How to reduce Bias?

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Correct mistakes

60
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Descriptive Statistics

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Numerical summaries reflecting important characteristics of a data set

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Three Types of Numerical Summaries

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  1. Measures of center 2. Measures of spread 3. Measures of location
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Measures of Center

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Mean and Median

63
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Measures of Spread

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Range, Variance, Standard Deviation, IQR

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Measures of Location

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Percentiles and Quartiles

65
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Mean

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Sum of observations divided by number of observations

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Median

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Halfway point of ordered observation values

67
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Median if odd

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Middle observation (n+1)/2 th of n observations

68
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Median if even

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Average of two middle observations n/2 th and (n/2 + 1)th of n observations

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Robust

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Median is more robust than mean

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Mean relative to tails

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Mean always dragged toward the longer tail in observation

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Range

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Max value minus min value

72
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Variance

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Deviation of each observation from the mean combined into a single number reflecting overall spread of data

73
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Formula for Variance

74
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Standard Deviation

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Square root of average squared distance from mean.

75
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Empirical Rule

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For distributions that are bell shaped and approximately symmetric, of all observations: 68% fall within 1 SD from mean (mean - s , mean + s) 95% fall within 2 SD from mean (mean - 2s, mean + 2s) 99.7% fall within 3 SD from mean (mean - 3s, mean + 3s)

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The pth Percentile

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A value such that p% of the observations fall below it

77
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Median as a Percentile/Quartile

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50th percentile or Q2 (second quartile)

78
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First Second Third Quartile

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First - 25% of observations fall below it Second - 50% of observations below/above (median) Third - 75% of observations below

79
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Finding first quartile

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Find the median arranging data in increasing order, then find the median of the first half of the data (median excluded)

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Finding third quartile

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Find the median arranging data in increasing order, then find the median of the second half of the data (median excluded)

81
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Interquartile range (IQR)

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Range of middle 50% of data

82
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Finding IQR

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IQR = Q3 - Q1

83
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Mathematical determination of a Potential Outlier

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Falls more than 1.5(IQR) below first quartile or 1.5(IQR) above third quartile

84
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Five Number Summaries

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  1. Minimum value 2. First Quartile 3. Mean/Second Quartile 4. Third Quartile 5. Maximum value
85
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Box-Plot

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Graphical display using Five Number Summaries

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Four features of a Box-Plot

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  1. Box goes from Q1 to Q3 and contains central 50% 2. Line inside box marks median 3. Lines extend from box to encompass remaining data for potential outliers 4. Outliers shown separately using another symbol
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Whiskers

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Lines extending from box that indicate area for potential outliers

88
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Box-Plot skewness

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Side with larger part of box and longer whisker usually has skew in that direction

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Box-Plot Modality

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Good for unimodal but NOT multimodal data

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Resistant

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Measures that are not seriously affected by outliers

91
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Measures that are resistant

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Median, mode, IQR

92
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Measures that are not resistant

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Mean, standard deviation, range

93
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Z-Score

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measure that specifies number of standard deviations observation falls from mean

94
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Z-Score formula

95
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Quartiles and shape of the distribution

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If distance between Q1 and Q2 is greater than that between Q2 and Q3, data is left skewed and vice versa

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