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14 Cards in this Set
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Data
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collections of observations
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statistics (subject)
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the science of planning studies and experiments, obtaining data and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data.
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population
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the complete collection of all individuals (scores, people, measurements, and so on) to be studied
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census
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collection of data from every member of the population
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sample
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sub collection of data from every member of the population
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parameter
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numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population
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statistic
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a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample
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quantitative-
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consist of numbers representing counts or measurements
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categorical
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consist of names or labels that are not numbers representing counts or measurements
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discrete data
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result when the number of possible values is either a finite number or a countable number
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continuous (numerical) data
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result form infinite numbers and possibilities
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the nominal level of measurement
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characterized by data that consists of names, labels or categories only. The data cannot be arranged in an ordering schme
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ordinal level of measurement
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data that can be arranged in some order, but differences between data values either cannot be determined or are meaningless
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the interval level of measurements
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difference between any two data values is meaningless. Do not have a natural zero
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