Vocabulary Flashcards
Data
Facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and interpretation
Statistics
Art of science of collecting, summarizing, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data
Data Set
All the data collected in a particular study
Elements
Entities on which data are collected
Variable
A characteristic of interest for elements
Observation
Set of measurements obtained for a particular element
Nominal Scale
Scale of measurement for a variable when data are labels or names used to identify an attribute of an element. Nominal data may be nonnumeric or numeric
Ordinal Scale
Scale of measurement for a variable if the data exhibit the properties of nominal data and the order or rank of the data is meaningful. Can be nonnumeric or numeric
Interval Scale
Scale of measurement for a variable if the data demonstrate the properties of ordinal data and interval between values is expressed in terms of a fixed unit of measure. Always numeric
Ratio Scale
Scale of measurement for a variable if the data demonstrate all properties of interval data and ratio of two values is meaningful. Always numeric
Categorical Data
Labels/names used to identify an attribute of each element. Use either nominal or ordinal scale of measurement. May be nonnumeric or numeric
Quantitative Data
Numeric values that indicate how much or how many of something. Obtained using either the interval/ratio scale of measurement
Categorical Data
Has categorical data
Quantitative Data
Variable with quantitative data
Cross-Sectional Data
Data collected at the same or approximated the same point in time
Time Series Data
Data collected over several time periods
Descriptive Statistic
Tabular, graphical and numerical summaries of data
Population
Set of all elements of interest in a particular study
Sample
Subset of the population
Census
Survey to collect data on entire population
Sample Survey
Survey to collect data on a sample
Statistical Inference
Process of using data obtained from a sample to make estimates or test hypotheses about the characteristics of a population
Frequency Distribution
Tabular summary of data showing the number (frequency) of data values in each of several non overlapping classes
Relative Frequency Distribution
Tabular summary of data showing the fraction or proportion of data values in each of several non overlapping classes
Percent Frequency Distribution
Tabular summary of data showing the percentage of data values of each of several non overlapping classes
Bar Chart
Graphical device for depicting categorical data that have been summarized in a frequency, relative frequency or percent frequency distribution
Pie Chart
Graphical device for presenting data summaries based on subdivision of a circle into sectors that correspond to the relative frequency for each class
Class Midpoint
Value halfway between the lower and upper class limits
Dot Plot
Graphical device that summarizes data by the number of dots above each data values on the horizontal axis
Histogram
Graphical presentation of a frequency distribution, relative frequency distribution, or percent frequency distribution of quantitative data constructed by placing the class intervals on the horizontal axis and the frequencies, relative frequencies, or percent frequencies on the vertical axis
Cumulative Frequency Distribution
Tabular summary of quantitative data showing number of data values that are less than or equal to the upper class limit of each class
Cumulative Relative Frequency Distribution
Tabular summary of quantitative data showing the percentage of data values that are less than or equal to the upper class limit of each class