Mathworld 113 Flashcards

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Involves collection organization, summarization, presentation and interpretation of data.

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STATISTICS

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2
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branch that involves collection, organization, summarization, and
presentation of data.

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Descriptive Statistics

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3
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branch that interprets and draw conclusion from the data.

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Inferential Statistics

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4
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known as average and is the numerical value that locates the center of a set of data.

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Measure of central tendency

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5
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list of numbers that is arranged from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.

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Ranked list

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6
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a list of numbers is the numbers that occurs most frequently.

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mode

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7
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is often used when some data values are more important
than others.

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weighted mean

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8
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data that have not been organized or manipulated in any manner.

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Raw Data

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9
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table that lists observed events and the frequency of occurrence of each
observed event. Iit is often used to organized raw data

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Frequency Distribution

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10
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numerical value that measures variation or dispersion or spread of the data values.

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Measure of Dispersion

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11
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the range of a set of data values is the difference between the greatest data value and the
least data value

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Range

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12
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numerical value that describes the variation in a data set.

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Standard Deviation

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13
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– a measure of dispersion of a data set.

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Variance

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14
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numerical value that describes the position of a data value in a data set.

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Measure of Relative Position

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