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Basic Definitions | STAT - Statistics 1 - Introduction, Quizzes of Statistics

Class: STAT - Statistics 1 - Introduction; Subject: Statistics; University: Wayne State College; Term: Forever 1989;

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2011/2012

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TERM 1
statistics
DEFINITION 1
Study of methods for collecting, organizing, and analyzing
data.
TERM 2
Inferential Statistics
DEFINITION 2
Procedures used to arrive at broader conclusions or
inferences about populations on the basis of samples.
TERM 3
Descriptive Statistics
DEFINITION 3
Procedures used to organize and present data in a
convenient and communicable form.
TERM 4
population
DEFINITION 4
The complete set of actual or potential elements about which
inferences are made.
TERM 5
sample
DEFINITION 5
A subset of the population selected using some sampling
method.
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statistics

Study of methods for collecting, organizing, and analyzing

data.

TERM 2

Inferential Statistics

DEFINITION 2

Procedures used to arrive at broader conclusions or

inferences about populations on the basis of samples.

TERM 3

Descriptive Statistics

DEFINITION 3

Procedures used to organize and present data in a

convenient and communicable form.

TERM 4

population

DEFINITION 4

The complete set of actual or potential elements about which

inferences are made.

TERM 5

sample

DEFINITION 5

A subset of the population selected using some sampling

method.

cluster sample

Population divided into clusters, randomly selected, and

every member observed.

TERM 7

stratified sample

DEFINITION 7

Population divided into strata, with fixed number of elements

of each stratum are selected for sample.

TERM 8

simple random sample

DEFINITION 8

Each possible sample of same size has equal probability of

selection.

TERM 9

Which sampling method is used for most

elementary inference (predictions)?

DEFINITION 9

Simple random sample.

TERM 10

What is a variable?

DEFINITION 10

An attribute of a population.