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The science of conducting studies to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.
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statistics
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A characteristic or attribute that can assume different values.
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variable
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Consists of the collection, organization, summarization, and presentation of data.
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descriptive statistics
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Consists of generalizing from samples to populations, performing estimations and hypothesis tests, determining relationships among variables, and making predictions.
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inferential statistics
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Consists of all subjects (human or otherwise) that are being studied.
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population
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Consists of a group of subjects selected from a population.
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sample
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A decision-making process for evaluating claims about a population, based on information obtained from the samples.
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hypothesis testing
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Variables that can be placed into distinct categories according to some characteristic or attribute.
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qualitative variables
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Variables that can be ordered or ranked.
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quantitative variables
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A type of quantitave variable, a variable whose values can be counted.
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discrete variable
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A type of quantitative variable, a variable that can assume an infinite number of values between any two specific points, obtained by measuring.
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continuous variables
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