Statistics: Definitions and organizing data

Question 1

Branch of statistics that consist of collection, organization, and presentation of data

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Descriptive statistics

Question 2

Type of variable that can assume an infinite number of values between any two specific values.

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continuous

Question 3

Science of conducting studies to collect, organize, analyze and draw conclusions from data

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Statistics

Question 4

When a group of subjects is selected from a population to be studied, we are talking about

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sample

Question 5

The organization of raw data in table form, using classes and frequencies is known as

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Frequency distribution

Question 6

A variable that can be placed into distinct categories, according to some characteristic

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qualitative

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Type of variable that assume values that can be counted

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discrete

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When the object of study consist of all subjects (human or otherwise), we are talking about

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population

Question 9

Consist of generalizing from samples to populations, and making predictions from data

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inferential statistics

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