Statistics Flashcards
Branch of science that deals with studies involving collection, organization, presentation, analysis, interpretation, and drawing conclusions from the data
Statistics
2 branches of statistics
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Basic collection of data
Descriptive statistics
More complex collection of data
Inferential statistics
Characteristics of a population or sample which makes one different from the other
Variable
Refers to the large collection of object, persons, or things
Population
Part of a population that has the same characteristics of the given population
Sample
Can be placed into categories according to their characteristics/attributes
Qualitative
Data can be ordered or ranked
Quantitative
Represented by counting number only
Discrete
All values between any two specific values or interval
Continuous
Affected by another variable
Dependent variable
Can be changed/manipulated
Independent variable
Value/measure obtained from a population
Parameter
Any value/measurement obtained from a sample
Estimate of a parameter
Statistic