STAT 200 Final Flashcards
Population parameter
Fixed value that we usually don’t know
Sample statistic
Known value that we achieve by taking a random sample from population
Simple random sample
Sample from population is chosen randomly
A good experiment uses
simple random sample and random assignment
Random assignment
Assigning to groups (control or treatment) randomly
If no random assignment, then
NO causation
If sample was not randomly selected, then
NEVER generalize to population
Observational study
Survey
Randomized experiment
Change the variables
Matched pairs study
Match 2 samples in group or compare as group
More likely, tend to
association
Lead to, affect, cause
Causation
Proportion or risk
Topic on interest / Total # in category
Odds (ex. 45 to 20)
with outcome/ # without outcome
Relative risk (ex. you are 5.2 times more likely to get lung cancer if you smoke compared to a non-smoker)
risk1/risk2 (proportion 1/proportion 2)
5 # summary
Min, Q1, Median, Q3, Max
IQR
Q3-Q1
If median is closer to Q1
right-skewed
If median is closer to Q3,
left-skewed
Mean is greater than median
Right skewed
Mean is less than median
Left skewed
Large standard deviation
More variability and wide graph
Straight graph
Smaller std dev
Less variability and narrow graph
Correlation does NOT imply
causation