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STAT 350 Exam 1
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Undergraduate 2
10/12/2009

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Empirical Rule!
Definition

68% of values fall within 1 s.d.

 

95% of values fall within 2 s.d.

 

99.7% of values fall within 3 s.d.

Term

Z-Score

 

(or)

 

Standardized Score

Definition

z-score = (observed value - mean)

                   / (standard deviation)

Term

Graphs

for Quantitative Variables

Definition

 

Histograms

Q-Q Plots

Time Plots

Boxplots

Scatter Plots

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Graphs

for Categorical Variables

Definition

 

 

Bar charts

Pie charts

Frequency tables

Term

Conservative (approximately 95%)

Margin of Error

Definition

 

 

 

1 / sqrt(n)

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Approximate 95% Confidence Interval for P
Definition

 

 

P +/- margin of error

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Mutually Exclusive/Disjoint
Definition

 

Two events are mutually exclusive/disjoint if they do not contain any of the same outcomes. So, their intersection is empty.

 

P(A and B) = 0.

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Independent
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Two events are independent if knowing that one will/has occurred will NOT change with probability that the other occurs. 

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