LESSON 1 Flashcards
Is a symbol usually a letter that holds a value that may increase or decrease over time or takes different values in different situation
Variable
Called the predictor variable
Independent Variable
Called the criterion
Dependent Variable
Variables that can’t be expressed in decimals & whole number
Discrete or Discontinuous Variables
Variables that can be expressed in decimals
Continuous Variable
Well defined collection of distinct objects & can be denoted by a capital letter
Sets
Object that make up a set & enclosed by braces and separated by commas
Element
Set containing all the existing elements & all the sets are subset
Universal Set
Describe the number of elements inside a given set
Order of the set
Give the 9 types of set
Empty, finite, infinite, proper & improper subset of a set, disoint & joints, equivalent & equal set
Set that has no element in it
Empty Set
Consist of countable numbers of elements & has a determinate number of elements
Finite set
Has indetermine number of elements, counting numbers unlimited
Infinite set
Set whose elements are found in a larger set & part of a larger set
Proper subset of a set
Set ia an blank subset of a given set if they are equal set
Improper subset of a set