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the objects described by a set of data. They may be people, animals, or things.
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any characteristic of an individual. It can take different values for different individuals.
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| places an individual into one of several groups or categories. (Chapter 1.0; Page 3) |
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takes numerical values for which it makes sense to find an average.
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tells us what values the variable takes and how often it takes these values.
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the distribution of values of that variable among all individuals described by the table.
(Chapter 1.1; Page 13) |
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describes the values of that variable among individuals who have a specific value of another variable.
(Chapter 1.1; Page 15) |
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when specific values of one variable tend to occur in common with specific values of the other.
(Chapter 1.1; Page 19) |
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an association between two variables that holds for each individual value of a third variable can be changed or even reversed when data for all values of the third variable are combined.
(Chapter 1.1; Page 21) |
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| Symmetric (Normal) Distributions |
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a distribution where the left and right sides of the graph are approximately mirror images of each other.
(Section 1.2; Page 29)
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| Right Skewed Distributions |
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| a distribution where the tail of the graph is over to the right side and a majority of the values are on the left. (Section 1.2; Page 29)[image] |
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| Left Skewed Distributions |
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a distribution where the tail of the graph is over to the left and a majority of the values are on the right.
(Section 1.2; Page 29)[image][image] |
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