Social Statistics Exam 1 Review: Chapters 1–4
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, Social Statistics Exam 1 Review: Chapters 1–4
& 12.
1. Data Information gathered by researchers.
2. Qualitative Data words or descriptions.
3. Quantitative Data quantity or using numbers. ( what we will focus on)
4. statistics organizing/ making sense of quantitative data.
5. all of the elements we want
to study. population
•Ex: pet owners in KY
6. a part of the population.
Some but not all of the sample
population.
•We can get 50 pet owners.
7. when people are chosen for
a study. non- random samples or non-probability samples
8. methods of chance are used. random samples or probability samples
9. statistics on populations parameters
10. describing what is going on/
de- scribe the sample. descriptive statistics
11. Use information from a
sample to talk about a larger inferential statistics
population.
12. what do statistics do ? • Statistics is a way to improve policy.
• Evidence what we are doing is helping.
Improve outcome for our clients and our critical
thinking skills.
13. anything that varies variables
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& 12.
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, Social Statistics Exam 1 Review: Chapters 1–4
& 12.
1. Data Information gathered by researchers.
2. Qualitative Data words or descriptions.
3. Quantitative Data quantity or using numbers. ( what we will focus on)
4. statistics organizing/ making sense of quantitative data.
5. all of the elements we want
to study. population
•Ex: pet owners in KY
6. a part of the population.
Some but not all of the sample
population.
•We can get 50 pet owners.
7. when people are chosen for
a study. non- random samples or non-probability samples
8. methods of chance are used. random samples or probability samples
9. statistics on populations parameters
10. describing what is going on/
de- scribe the sample. descriptive statistics
11. Use information from a
sample to talk about a larger inferential statistics
population.
12. what do statistics do ? • Statistics is a way to improve policy.
• Evidence what we are doing is helping.
Improve outcome for our clients and our critical
thinking skills.
13. anything that varies variables
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