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Stat 1 Exam
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
05/27/2009

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Term
Data
Definition
info from observations, counts, measurements, or responses
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Statistics
Definition
a science that deals with collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of data
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Population
Definition
collection of all data
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Sample
Definition
subset of population
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Census
Definition
method of measuring a variable for every unit of a population
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Random Sample
Definition
ensures that every subset of fixed size is represented in the sample
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Parameter
Definition
data from populations
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Statistic
Definition
Data from a sample
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Nominal Data
Definition
Qualitative
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Ordinal Data
Definition
Data that can be arranged in order
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Interval Data
Definition
Data that can be zero
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Ratio Data
Definition
Data that cannot have a zero
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Observation
Definition
Observes experimental units in their natural setting
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Experiment
Definition
Researcher exerts strict control
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Hawthorne Effect
Definition
Subjects change their behavior because they know they are in an experiment
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Stratified Sample
Definition
Members from every group of the population
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Cluster Sample
Definition
Everyone in a group participates
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Systematic Sample
Definition
Every "nth" person participates
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Convenience Sample
Definition
Anyone you can get your hands on
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Histogram
Definition
Bar Chart
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Pareto Chart
Definition
Bars are ordered from highest to lowest
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Relative frequency
Definition
Number with variable out of total
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Class width
Definition
max-min/number of classes
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Polygon Chart
Definition
A line chart with frequency
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Ogive Chart
Definition
Line chart for cumulative frequency
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Chebysev's Rule
Definition
1-(1/k²)
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Empirical Rule
Definition
34, 13.5, 2.35
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Empirical Rule
Definition
34, 13.5, 2.35
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Z Score
Definition
x-mean/standard deviation
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