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, In statistics variables are characteristics of people or things
In statistics, the data we work with is just one part of population
a bigger picture called the
What are some things that should be asked when How where the variables measured?
developing an understanding of data? What variables were measured?
Who collected the data?
What are two basic types of variables in statistics? Numerical and Categorical
Categorical values are also referred to as ____ qualitative
variables.
Numerical values are also referred to as ____ quantitative
variables.
The study of statistics rest on what two major Variation and data
concepts?
Data are more than just numbers, because data have context
_____
The circles shown are similar, but not exactly the Variation
same. This is an example of?
The number of times a value is observed in a data set frequency
is called a ___
Why are percentages or rates often better than They take into account possible differences among the sizes of the groups.
counts for making comparisons?
The outcome variable in a question about causality is The response variable
also referred to as what?