Section 1.1 Whats Is Statistics ?

Question 1

Individuals

Answer 1

The people or objects included in the study

Question 2

Variable

Answer 2

Characteristic of the individual to be measured or observed

Question 3

Quantitive data

Qualitative data

Answer 3

Quantitive data has a value on numerical measurement

Qualitative data describes an individual by placing them into a category a group.

Question 4

Population data

Sample data

Answer 4

Population data the data that are from every individual of interest

Sample data the data are from only some of the individuals of interest

Question 5

Population parameter

Sample statistic

Answer 5

Population parameter : numerical measure that describes an aspect of population

Sample statistic: a numerical measure that describes an aspect of a sample

Question 6

Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio

Answer 6

Name, categories,ID numbers
Rankings
Temperature, time of the day
Distance , age, length of time

Question 7

Statistics

Answer 7

The study of how to collect ,organize ,analyze, and interpret numerical information from data