Statistics Final Exam Questions &
Answers.
1. descriptive stats methods for summarizing data
2. inferential stats method of making decisions or predictions based on data obtained
3. subjects entities measured in a study
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, Statistics Final Exam Questions &
Answers.
4. population all subjects of interest
5. sample subset of the population for whom we have data
6. population refers to the numeric summary of population
para- meter
7. sample statistic numerical summary of a sample taken from a population
8. randomness each subject of the population has the same chance of being included in
the
sample
9. variability The extent to which the scores in a data set tend to vary from each other
and from the mean.
10. categorical each observation belongs to a type or a set
11. quantitative the observations are numerical values
12. discrete possible values form a set of seperate numbers, have a finite set of
values
13. discrete # of pets, #of siblings
exam- ples
14. continuous possible values form an interval, infinite set of values
15. continuous time, age, weight
ex- amples
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Answers.
1. descriptive stats methods for summarizing data
2. inferential stats method of making decisions or predictions based on data obtained
3. subjects entities measured in a study
1/
9
, Statistics Final Exam Questions &
Answers.
4. population all subjects of interest
5. sample subset of the population for whom we have data
6. population refers to the numeric summary of population
para- meter
7. sample statistic numerical summary of a sample taken from a population
8. randomness each subject of the population has the same chance of being included in
the
sample
9. variability The extent to which the scores in a data set tend to vary from each other
and from the mean.
10. categorical each observation belongs to a type or a set
11. quantitative the observations are numerical values
12. discrete possible values form a set of seperate numbers, have a finite set of
values
13. discrete # of pets, #of siblings
exam- ples
14. continuous possible values form an interval, infinite set of values
15. continuous time, age, weight
ex- amples
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