Statistics

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statistics

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science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions

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data

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information that is collected

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population

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the entire group of objects being studied

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individual

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a single member of the population

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sample

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a subgroup of a population on which data is actually collected

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a statistic

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a numerical summary of a sample

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parameter

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a numerical summary of a population

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inferential statistics

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statistics that are being used as a parameter

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The process of statistics

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1) identify the research objective
2) collect the necessary data
3) describe the data
4) perform inference

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variable

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characteristics of individuals that have different possibilities

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Qualitative Variable

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non numerical traits of an individual

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Quantitative Variable

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numerical variable

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Observational Study

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researcher does not control any of the variables being studies

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Designed Experiments

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Researcher controls a variable on an individual basis

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Confounding

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occurs when the effects of multiple variables are not separated

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lurking variable

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variable that has an impact on the goal of a study but is not considered

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Observational: Cross-sectional

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when data is collected over a short window of time; at a moment

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Observational: case-control

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survey about the past, then use the data to split the sample into groups, then another survey is given

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Observational: cohort

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First choose the sample, then observe over a period of time before collecting data

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census

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list of individuals in a population along with data about certain characteristics of each individuals

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random sampling

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the process of using chance to create a sample

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frame

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a list of all individuals in a population with no info

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simple random sampling

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is random sampling where every possible sample of a chosen size has an equal chance of occuring

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stratisfied sampling

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separate population into non overlapping groups called strata, take a simple random sample from each strata, then use the individuals from each group to create sample

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cluster

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break population into groups called clusters, use simple random sampling to select clusters and study all individuals in the selected clusters

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systematic sampling

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put the population in order, the choose the kth individual

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convenience sampling

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self-selected

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bias

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sample whose results do not represent the entire population

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sampling bias

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when technique is used to create the sample naturally results in bias ex: unrepresented

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non-response bias

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occurs when individuals who choose not to respond have different opinions than those who do respond

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response bias

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occurs when answers given do not accurately represent the individuals

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causes of response bias

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misrepresented answers: lied/don’t remember
interviewer error: how they portray themselves/ask question
wording of question: positive/negative connotation
ordering of question: answer untruthfully bc of hypocrisy

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frequency distribution table

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provides all possible values of a variable and how many times that value occured

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frequency

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occurrences

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relative frequency distribution

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a table including all values of a variable and their relative frequencies

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bar graphs

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put each category of data value on one axis and frequency on other SPACES LEFT

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Pareto chart

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bar graph where the bars are put in descending order

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side by side bar graph

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bar graph where multiple studies are represented by their own colors

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pie chart

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circle broken into sectors which represent a percent of the area corresponding to relative frequencies of variable values

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histograms

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bar charts where rectangles have the same widths TOUCH

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lower class limit

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smallest value in class

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upper class limit

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largest value in class

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tables for continuous variables

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create classes which are intervals of values

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class width

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difference between consecutive lower class limits
goals: needs to be large enough to have groups with significant freq and small enough to avoid all data to be in 1/2 groups

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stem and leaf plot

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for any number the leaf is the right most digit and stem is the number leftover if you erase the leaf

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dot plots

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place dots above each category for each piece of data

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shape: uniform

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every category has the same frequency

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shape: bell shaped

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one highest “peak” frequency in the middle of the data and freq gets smaller as you get further from the peak