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AFM Statistics Sabrina
Statistics Vocabulary for Mrs. Adams' Class
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Mathematics
12th Grade
11/01/2013

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Individual
Definition
3.
a distinct, indivisible entity; a single thing, being, instance, oritem.
 
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Variable
Definition
10.
Mathematics, Computers.
a.
a quantity or function that may assume any given value orset of values.
b.
a symbol that represents this.
 
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Quantitative variable
Definition

A variable that takes numerical values for which arithmetic makes sense, for example, counts, temperatures, weights, amounts of money, etc. For some variables that take numerical values, arithmetic with those values does not make sense

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Qualitative variable
Definition

In statistics and quantitative research methodology, levels of measurement or scales of measure are types of data that arise in the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. The types are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

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Population
Definition

 

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
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Sample
Definition

a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

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Nominal data
Definition

In statistics and quantitative research methodology, levels of measurement or scales of measure are types of data that arise in the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. The types are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

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Ordinal data
Definition

In statistics, ordinal data is a statistical data type consisting of numerical scores that exist on an ordinal scale

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Interval data
Definition

Data that is divided into ranges and in which the distance between the intervals is meaningful.

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Ratio data
Definition

In statistics and quantitative research methodology, levels of measurement or scales of measure are types of data that arise in the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. The types are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.

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Descriptive statistics
Definition

Descriptive statistics is the discipline of quantitatively describing the main features of a collection of data, or the quantitative description itself. 

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Inferential statistics
Definition

In statistics, statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions from data that are subject to random variation, for example, observational errors or sampling variation.

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Normal distribution
Definition

a function that represents the distribution of many random variables as a symmetrical bell-shaped graph.

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Standard deviation
Definition
 
 
  1. 1.
    a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.
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Scatter plot
Definition
 
  1. 1.
    a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.
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Correlation
Definition

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

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Correlation coeffecient
Definition

a number between -1 and +1 calculated so as to represent the linear dependence of two variables or sets of data.

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Coefficient of determination
Definition

In statistics, the coefficient of determination, denoted R² and pronounced R squared, indicates how well data points fit a line or curve. 

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Residual
Definition

remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone.

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Causation
Definition

the relationship between cause and effect; causality.

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Regression line
Definition

a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line

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Least squares line
Definition

 

The straight line for which the sum of the squares of the residuals (deviations) is minimized.
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Explanatory variable
Definition

Any variable that explains the response variable. Often called an independent variable or predictor variable.

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Extrapolation
Definition

calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values

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Response variable
Definition

a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins

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interpolation
Definition

a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

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