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Prob. and Stats Chapter 1 Vocab
Prob. and Stats Chapter 1 Vocab
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Mathematics
12th Grade
08/18/2010

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Term
Statistics
Definition
The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interperting data.
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Data
Definition
values that the variables can assume (measurements of observation).
Term

Descriptive Statistics
Definition
Describe a situation; summarizes the important concepts of the data
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Interential Statistics
Definition
Generalizes, make predictions, inferences based on the summarization of the description
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Population
Definition
The collection of ALL outcomes of the interest.
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Parameter
Definition
a numerical description of the population.
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Sample
Definition
A subset of a population
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Statistic
Definition
a numerical description of a sample
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Qualitative
Definition
consists of labels or non numerical data.
Examples: Hair Color, Telephone Numbers
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Quantitative
Definition
numerical measurments of counts (average something)
Examples: Salaries, Height, Unemployment
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Discrete
Definition
finite number of outcomes (count)
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Continuous
Definition
uncountable number of outcomes (measurable)
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