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| The art and science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data. |
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| the facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and interpretation. |
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| All the data collected in a particular study. |
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| The entities on which data are collected. |
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| A characteristic of interest for the elements. (Table 1.1) |
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| The set of measurements obtained for a particular element. |
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| When the data for a variable consist of labels or names used to identify an attribute of the element. |
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| The data exhibit the properties of nominal data and the order or rank of the data is meaningful. (Poor, Good, Great) |
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| The data have all the properties of ordinal data and the interval between values is expressed in terms of a fixed unit of measure. (Always Numeric) |
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| Data have all the properties of interval data and the ratio of two values is meaningful. 0 Means nothing exists (Height, weight, distance, etc.) |
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| Data that can be grouped by specific categories. (Nominal or Ordinal) |
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| Data are obtained using either the interval or ration scale of measurement. |
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| Variable with categorical data. |
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| Variable with quantitative data. (Arithmetic operations provide meaningful results for quantitative variables) |
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| Data collected at the same or approximately the same point in time. |
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| Data collected over several time periods. |
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| Tabular, graphical, and numerical summaries of data. |
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| The set of ALL elements of interest in a particular study. |
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| A subset of the population. |
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| A survey to collect data on the entire population. |
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| A survey to collect data on a sample. |
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| The process of using data obtained from a sample to make estimates or test hypotheses about the characteristics of a population. |
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| The process of using procedures from statistics and computer science to extract useful information from extremely large databases. |
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| The process of capturing, storing, and maintaining the data. |
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