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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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numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample
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Quantitative data consists
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numbers representing counts or measurements
Ex - weights of supermodels |
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Qualitative data
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may be separated into different categories that are distingusihed by some NONNUMERICAL characteristic
Ex - genders of professional athletes |
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Discrete data result when the number of possible values is
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either a finite number or a "countable" number
Ex - numbers of eggs that hens lay |
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Continuous (numerical) data result from
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infinitely many possible values that correspond to some continuous scale
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