Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
inferential statistics
|
Statistics that have been gathered from a sample and used to reach conclusions about the populations from which the sample was taken
|
|
|
Census
|
a process of gathering data from the whole population fro a given measurement of interest
|
|
|
descriptive statistics
|
statistics that have been gathered on a group to describe or reach conclusions about that same group
|
|
|
interval level data
|
next to highest level of data. these data have all the properties of ordinal level data, but in addition, intervals between consecutive numbers have meaning.
|
|
|
metric data
|
interval and ratio level data; also called quantitative data
|
|
|
nominal level data
|
the lowest level of data measurement; used only to classify or categorize
|
|
|
nonmetric data
|
nominal and ordinal level data; also called qualitative data
|
|
|
nonparametric statistics
|
a class of statistical techniques that make few assumptions about the population and are particularly applicable to nominal and ordinal level data
|
|
|
ordinal level data
|
next higher level of data from nominal level data; can be used to order or rank items, objects, or people
|
|
|
parameter
|
a descriptive measure of the population
|
|
|
parametric statistics
|
a class of statistical techniques that contain assumptions about the population and that are used only with interval and ration level data
|
|
|
population
|
a collection of persons, objects, or items of interest
|
|
|
ratio level data
|
highest level of data measurements; contains the same properties as interval level data, with the additional property that zero has meaning and represents the absence of the phenomenon being measured
|
|
|
sample
|
a portion of the whole
|
|
|
statistic
|
a descriptive measure of a sample
|
|
|
statistics
|
a science dealing with the collection analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data
|
