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Elementary Statistics 2004

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Data   Observations (such as measurements, genders, survey responses) that have been collected  
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Statistics   A collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on the data  
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Population   The complete collection of all elements (scores, people, measurements, and so on) to be studied  
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Population   it includes all subjects to be studied  
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Census   The collection of data from every member of the population  
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Sample   A subcollection of members selected from a population  
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Sample data   must be collected in an appropriate way, such as through a process of random selection  
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If sample data are not collected in a appropriate way,   the data may be so completely useless that no amount of statistical torturing can salvage them  
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TYPES OF DATA???   Parameter,Statistic ,  
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Parameter   A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population.  
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Parameter   all of those votes to be the population considered, When Lincoln was first elected, he received 39.82% of the 1,865,908 votes cast which is 29.825.  
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Statistic   A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample  
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Based on a sample   of 877 surveyed executives, it was found that 45% of them would not hire someone with a typographical error on their job application  
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Quantitative data   Data consists of numbers representing counts or measurement  
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Quantitative data   weights of supermodels  
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Interval level of measurement   Temperature, Years  
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Interval level of measurement   Data that can be arranged in order and for which differences between data values are meaningful  
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Interval level   shoe sizes [US vs Europe] and temperature  
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Interval data   can be either discreet or continuous  
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Ratio level of measurement   Data that can be arranged in order, for which differences between data values are meaningful, and there is an inherent zero starting point.  
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Ratio level of measurement   differences and ratios are meaningful  
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Ratio level of measurement   prices of textbooks; $50 is half of $100  
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Ratio level of measurement   Height of students  
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Ratio data   is continuous.  
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Ratio level of measurement   HIGHEST LEVEL OF DATA  
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Ratio level of measurement   can be either discreet or continuous.  
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Quantitative (interval and ratio) data   can be further distinguished between discrete and continuous.  
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Discrete Data   Data that results when the number of possible values is either a finite number or a “countable” numbers.  
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Discrete Data   Counting-type things  
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Discrete Data   number of eggs that hens lay  
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Continuous (numerical) Data   thickness of paper; measurement of weight  
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Continuous (numerical) Data   Results from infinitely many possible values that correspond to some continuous scale that covers a range of values without gaps, interruptions, or jumps.  
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Continuous (numerical) Data   amounts of milk from cows  
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Qualitative (or categorical or attribute) data   Can be separated into different categories that are distinguished by some nonnumerical characteristics.  
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Continuous (numerical) Data   The genders (male/female) of professional athletes  
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Nominal Level of Measurement   Characterized by data that consists of names, labels, or categories only  
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Nominal Level of Measurement   Lowest form of data. Has groups, but no ordering to the groups  
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Nominal Level of Measurement   cannot be arranged in an ordering scheme (such as low to high)  
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Nominal Level of Measurement   Survey responses of yes, no, and undecided  
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Nominal Level of Measurement   Colors of cars driven by college students (red, black, blue, etc.  
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Ordinal Level of Measurement   (Categories & groups, but with some natural order to the groups.)  
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Ordinal Level of Measurement   Course grades – Grades of A, B, C, D, or F  
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Ordinal Level of Measurement   Ranking cities; those ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etcBut, the differences between ranks are meaningless  
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Money and Counting are   Discrete  
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Temperature is   Interval  
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Ages are   usually Discrete  
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Man on the street samples are   always convenience sampling  
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Misuses of Statistics   self-selected surveyBad samplesSmall samplesMisleading graphsPictographsLoaded Questions  
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Misuses of Statistics   Order of Questions  
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Misuses of Statistics   Precise NumbersPartial picturesDeliberate Distortions  
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Randomness   typically plays a critical role in determining which data to collect.  
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Observational Study   Observing and measuring specific characteristics without attempting to modify the subjects being studied. (Control group)  
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Cross Sectional Study   Data are observed, measured, and collected at one point in time.  
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Retrospective (or Case Control) Study   Data are collected from the past by going back in time.  
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Prospective (or Longitudinal or Cohort) Study   Data are collected in the future from groups (called cohorts) sharing common factors.  
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Experimental   Apply some treatment and then observe its effects on the subjects. (Experimental group.) Doing something to affect what happens.  
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Experimental Key Elements   Control, Replication, Randomization  
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control   Effects of variables through: blinding, blocks, completely randomized, experimental design, rigorously controlled experimental design  
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Confounding   Occurs in an experiment when the experimenter is not able to distinguish between the effects of different factors.  
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Blinding   Subject doesn't know if he or she is receiving a treatment or placebo  
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Double-blind   Neither the subject nor the experimenter knows whether treatment or placebo is being administered  
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Blocks   Groups of subjects with similar characteristics  
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Completely Randomized Experimental Design   Subjects are put into blocks through a process of random selection  
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Rigorously Controlled Design   Subjects are very carefully chosen so that those in each block are similar in the ways that are important to the experiment.  
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Random Sample   Selection so that each has an equal chance of being selected  
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Simple Random Sample   of size n  
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Systematic Sampling   Select some starting point and then select every Kth element in the population  
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systematic sampling   7th person of a group of 10; i.e., 7, 17, 27, 37, etc., OR every 7th person i.e., 7, 14, 21, 28, etc  
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Convenience Sampling   Use results that are easy to get, choosing the first 10 people who get off work  
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Stratified Sampling   Subdivide the population into at least two different subgroups that share the same characteristics, then draw a sample from each subgroup (or stratum  
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Cluster Sampling   Divide the population into sections (or clusters); randomly select some of those clusters; choose all members from selected clusters  
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Sampling Error   The difference between a sample result and the true population result; such an error results from chance sample fluctuations  
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Nonsampling Error   Sample data that are incorrectly collected, recorded, or analyzed (such as by selecting a biased sample, using a defective instrument, or copying the data incorrectly  
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