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Statistics is the science of __________, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data, as well as of making decisions based on such analyses. |
collecting |
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Statistics is the science of collecting, __________, presenting, and interpreting data, as well as of making decisions based on such analyses. |
analyzing |
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Statistics is the science of collecting, analyzing, __________, and interpreting data, as well as of making decisions based on such analyses. |
presenting |
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Statistics is the science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and __________ data, as well as of making decisions based on such analyses. |
interpreting |
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Decisions made by using statistical methods are called ____________ guesses |
educated |
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Decisions made by using ___________ methods are called educated guesses |
statistical |
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Decisions not made with statistical methods are _____________ guesses. |
pure |
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____________ statistics deals with the development, derivation, and proof of statistical theorems, rules, and laws. |
theoretical |
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__________ statistics involves the applications of those theorems, formulas, rules, and laws to solve real-world problems. |
applied |
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___________ statistics consists of methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data by using tables, graphs, and summary measures. |
descriptive |
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Descriptive statistics consists of methods for organizing, ___________, and describing data by using tables, graphs, and summary measures. |
displaying |
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___________ statistics consists of methods that use sample results to help make decisions or predictions about a population. |
Inferential |
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Inferential statistics consists of methods that use sample results to help make __________ or predictions about a population. |
decisions |
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Suppose we have information on the test scores of students enrolled in a statistics class.
What is the data set? |
the whole set of numbers that represents the scores of students is called a data set |
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Suppose we have information on the test scores of students enrolled in a statistics class.
What would be an element? |
The name of a student |
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Suppose we have information on the test scores of students enrolled in a statistics class.
What would be an observation? |
The score of a particular student |
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Population |
the collection of all elements of interest |
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Sample |
The selection of a number of elements from a population |
