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Stats M. 2 Flashcards

1
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relative frequency distribution

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listing of distinct values and their relative frequencies (proportions or percentages)

Numerical summary for categorical data

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Bar Chart

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Graphical Summary for categorical data
-bars do not touch each other

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Pareto diagram

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graphical summary for categorical data

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pie chart

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graphical summary for categorical data

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Mean

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sum of observations divided by the number of observations

numerical summary for quantitative data

sensitive to/affected by extreme values

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median

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the number that divides the bottom 50% of the data from the top 50% of the data

numerical summary for quantitative data

not sensitive to/not affected by extreme values

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mode

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any value that occurs with the greatest frequency

numerical summary for quantitative data

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8
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percentiles

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indicate the point below which a certain percentage of observations fall`

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quartiles

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special type of percentile that divides data into quarters

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10
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Q1

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25%

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Q2

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median- 50%

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12
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Q3

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75%

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standard deviation

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tells us whether the observations within the data set tend to be close to the mean or far away from the mean

numerical summary for quantitative data

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IQR

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the difference between Q3 and Q1
tells us about the variability of the middle 50%

numerical summary for quantitative data

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15
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range

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difference between the maximum and minimum value

numerical summary for quantitative data

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16
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Dotplot

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graphical summary for quantitative data

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histogram

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graphical summary for quantitative data

Bars touch

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density plot

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graphical summary for quantitative data

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box plot

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graphical summary for quantitative data
5 number summary (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum)

20
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time plots

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graphical summary for quantitative data

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S.O.C.S

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Shape
Outliers
Center
Spread

22
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Shape

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Unimodal, bimodal, multimodal
skewness or symmetrical
-left skewed= tail goes to negative side
-right skewed=tail goes to positive side

23
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Outliers

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unusual values

24
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Center
-symmetric + no outliers

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Report the mean

25
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Center
-skewed +/or outliers

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report the median

26
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Spread
-symmetric + no outliers

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report the standard deviation

27
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Spread
-skewed +/or outliers

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report the IQR

28
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Comparative graphical displays (quantitative + categorical)

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SOCS
Histogram + box plot

29
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Bivariate Data

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data that contains 2 variables

30
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Association
(Bivariate Data)

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a relationship between two variables

31
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Response Variable
(Bivariate Data)

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measured to make comparisons between groups

32
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Explanatory Variable
(Bivariate Data)

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explains the value of the response variable

33
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contingency table

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a frequency distribution for bivariate data (also called a two-way or cross-tabulation table)

34
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conditional proportions
(Bivariate Data)

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proportions based on the explanatory variable for the categories of the response variable
(divide each cell count by the corresponding row total)

35
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No association
(Bivariate Data)

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values (%) within each column or bar heights of same color are similar

36
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Yes association
(Bivariate Data)

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values (%) within each column or bar heights of same color are different

37
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comparative bar chart

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a chart that compares the conditional proportion of the response variable within each category of the explanatory variable

38
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Mosaic plots

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another comparative chart

39
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Scatterplots

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summarize bivariate quantitative data

40
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Positive Association
(bivariate quantitative data)

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as values of one variable increase, so do values of the other

41
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Negative association
(bivariate quantitative data)

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as values of one variable increase, values of the other variable decrease

42
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No association
(bivariate quantitative data)

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no apparent relationship between the two variables

43
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correlation

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measure of the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two variable

44
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weak correlation

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positive: 0 < r < 0.4
negative: -0.4 < r < 0

45
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moderate correlation

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positive: 0.4 < r < 0.8
negative: -0.8 < r < -0.4

46
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strong correlation

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positive: 0.8 < r < 1
negative: -1 < r < -0.8

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