MMW Flashcards
Who wrote the book “Nature’s Number’s?”
Ian Stewart
________________, also known as Fibonacci (1170-1250), is one of the best-known mathematicians of medieval Europe.
Leonardo of Pisa
The type of reasoning that forms a conclusion based on the examination of specific examples is called ___________ reasoning.
Inductive reasoning.
The conclusion formed by using
inductive reasoning is often called a _____?
conjecture
__________ reasoning is distinguished from inductive reasoning in that it is the process of reaching a conclusion
by applying general principles and procedures.
Deductive
________ puzzles can be solved by using deductive reasoning and a chart that enables us to display the given information in a visual manner.
Logic
__________ involves the collection, organization, summarization, presentation, and interpretation of data.
Statistics
_______________ – the branch of statistics that involves the collection, organization, summarization, and presentation of data.
Descriptive Statistics
______________ – the branch that interprets and draws conclusions from the data.
Inferential Statistics
The Greek letter ________ is the traditional symbol used to indicate a summation
sigma
The ________ is the middle number or the mean of the two middle numbers in a list of numbers that have been arranged in numerical order from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.
median
The ________ of a list of numbers is the number that occurs most frequently.
mode
The _________ of the data set is the difference between the highest value and the lowest value.
range
The ___________ of a set of values is a measure of variation equal to the square of the standard deviation.
variance
The ___________ of a set of sample values is a measure of variation of values about the mean.
standard deviation
