Statistics (basic) Flashcards

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What is a frequency table?

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What is QUANTitative data?

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Data that measures something with numbers.

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3
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What is the math word we mean when we say “average” or “on average”?

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MEAN

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4
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What is continuous data?

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Data that fill up a whole spectrum or range or values. Usually, these are measurements: height, weight, distance, etc.

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What is discrete data?

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Things that you can count: 1, 2, 3, etc.

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What is QUALitative data?

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Data can be separated into different categories that don’t have anything to do with numbers.

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7
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What are the 4 measures of variability?

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  • range
  • IQR (interquartile range)
  • variance
  • standard deviation
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8
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What is a quartile?

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9
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What do quartiles tell us about how the data is distributed?

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10
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What are the three measures of central tendency?

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  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
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