Statistics

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A science which deals with the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data

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Statistics

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Involves more than the simple collection, tabulation and summarizing of data

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Statistics

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Uses of statistics:

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1. Give a precise description of data
2. Predict the outcome of experiment or behaviour of an individual
3. Used to test the hypothesis

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Deals with the method of organizing, summarizing and presenting a mass of data

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Descriptive Statistics

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Deals with making generalizations about a body of data. Analysis of a subset of data leading to predictions or inferences

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Inferential Statistics

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Individuals or entities under consideration or study

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Population

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Part of the population or sub-collection of elements

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Sample

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Characteristic of interest measurable

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Variable

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Types of variable

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Qualitative

Quantitative

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Categories or attributes, which have non-numerical characteristics

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Qualitative variable

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Consist of numbers representing counts or measurements

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Quantitative Variable

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Results from either a finite number of possible values or a countable number

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Discrete Quantitative Variable

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Results from infinitely many possible values

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Continuous Quantitative Variable

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Characteristic of a population

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Parameter

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Characteristic of a sample

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Statistic

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Conducted to gather opinions or feedbacks

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Survey

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Conducted by gathering information from the entire population

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Census Survey

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Gathering information only from part of the population

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Sampling Survey

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Data that consists of names, labels, or categories only

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Nominal

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Arranged in some order

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Ordinal

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No inherent (natural) zero starting point

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Interval

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Include the inherent zero starting point

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Ratio

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Types of Direct or Interview Method

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Face-to-face Interview
Telephone Interview
Computed Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

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Types of Indirect or Questionnaire Method

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Paper-pencil-questionnaires

Web based questionnaires

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Enforced by certain laws

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Registration method

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Oftentimes used when the respondents cannot read nor write

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Observation Method

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Determine the cause and effect of certain phenomena or event

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Experimental Method

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Characteristics of a good question

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Unbiased
Must be clear and simply stated
Must be precise
Lend themselves to easy analyses

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Kinds of questions

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Open questions

Closed questions

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Collected from original sources

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Primary Data

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Information taken from published or unpublished materials

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Secondary Data

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Process of selecting the samples from the population

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Sampling

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Latin Word status meaning _____

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“state”

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Entire group the researcher is interested in

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Target population

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Collection of elements from which the sample is actually taken

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Sampled population

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Listing of all individual units in the population

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The frame