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statistics terminology

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Collection of all outcomes, responses, and measurements that are of interest.

Population

Subset of the population

Data

A number that describes a population characteristic.

Parameter

A number that describes a sample characteristic

Statistic

This is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to make a decision.

Statistics

Created statistics by studying mortality rates

John Graunt

Consists of information coming from observations, counts, measurements, or responses

Data

Consists of attributes or labels

Qualitative Data

Consists of numerical measurements or counts

Quantitative data

Height and age are what type of data?

Quantitative data

Hair color and social security number are what type of data?

Qualitative data

Yes/no, true/false questions are what level of measurement?

Nominal Level

Temperature is what level of measurement?

Interval Level

Top 5 movies is what level of measurement?

Ordinal Level

Heart rate is what level of measurement?

Ratio Level

What is an inherent zero?

Implies none