[EDA] Chapter 1 Flashcards
science that deals with the collection, organization, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data
Statistics
Two main division of statistics
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
deals with procedures that organize, summarize, and describe quantitative data
Descriptive Statistics
deals with making a judgment or a conclusion about a population based on the findings from a sample that is taken from a population
Inferential Statistics
totality of objects, persons, places, things used in a particular study
population
all members of a particular group of objects or people, which are subjects or respondents of a study
Population
any subset of population or few members of a population
Sample
facts, figures,, and information collected on some characteristics of a population or sample
Data
data which are not organized in a specific way
Ungrouped (raw) Data
They are simply the collection of data as they are gathered
Ungrouped (raw) Data
raw data organized into groups or categories with corresponding frequencies
Grouped Data
Organized in this manner, the data is referred to as frequency distribution
Grouped Data
descriptive measure of a characteristic of a population
Parameter
Measure of a characteristic of sample
Statistic
Characteristic or property of a population or sample that may have a number of different values
Variable
It differentiates a particular member from the rest of the group
Variable
It is the characteristic or property that is measured, controlled, or manipulated in research. They differ in many respects, most notably in the role they are given in the research and in the type of measures that can be applied to them
Variablez
first step in conducting statistical inquiry
Collection of Data (Data Collection)