STATS Flashcards
collection of methods for planning experiments
PROBABILITY
values that variables can assume
DATA
characteristics that observable or measurable in every unit of universe
VARIABLE
set of all possible values of a variable
POPULATION
subgrouo of a population
SAMPLE
words that represent class or category
QUALITIVE VARIABLE
number that represent any amount or count
QUANTITIVE VARIABLE
can be counted quantitive variables
DISCRETE VARIABLE
measures by assuming value or quantitive
CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
data consisting names or values
NOMINAL LEVEL
data arranged in some orders
ORDINAL LEVEL
uses for determining meaningful amount of differences
INTERVAL LEEVEL
interval level modified to include the inherent zero strating point
RATIO LEVEL
using chance or random numbers
RANDOM SAMPLING
done bynnumbering each subject of the population and then selecting nth number
SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING