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| One of the objects or numbers belonging to a set of data. (person, item, object, can have many distinct characteristics) |
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| The entire variable being studied, or complete collection of elements (I.E. the population of a province). |
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| A selection of some, but not all, of the elements in a population. (I.E. people who responded to a survey in the province.) |
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| A study in which all members of a population are included in the study. |
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| A common characteristic of elements that take on any one of a set of values (I.E. Age). |
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| Varuables with numerical values (I.E. income). |
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| Variables with descriptive values (I.E. the colour of people's cars) |
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| Variables that can take on only certian values within a given range. There are "gaps" between possible values. (only intergers... 1, 2, 3...) |
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| Variables with an infinite number of values within a given range. Its values are not countable. (included fractions/decimals... I.E. 45.6/MPH, 45.9/MPH, 50.7/MPH...) |
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| A variable that influences or affects other variables (I.E. education influencing income.) |
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| A variable that is influenced or affected by other variables (I.E. income being affected by education level). |
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