Statistics Flashcards
What is data
An unordered list
What is statistics
Statistics is the branch of maths dealing with collecting and recording data
How do we make it into info
Order it
What is the cycle of handling data
Pose a question
Collect data
Analyse the data
Interpret the results
What are the two types of data
Numerical and categorical
What are the two types of numerical data
Discrete and continues
What are the two types of categorical data
Nominal and ordinal
What is numerical data
Questions that can be answered with numbers
What is categorical data
Questions that can be answered in words
What are some examples of numerical discrete data
Goal scores
Numbers on a die
No. Of people ina family
Shoes size
What are some examples of numerical continues data
Weight
Temperature
Time.
Pressure
What are some examples of categorical nominal Data
(Can’t be ordered)
Hobbies
Place names
Colours
What are some examples of categorical ordinal data
(Can be ordered)
Exam grades
House no,
Position in a race
What’s the mean
The average
What is the mode
The no. That apperars the most amount of times