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Stat-cronyms
100

This type of data represents numerical values that can be measured or counted

What is Quantitative Data?

100

This type of study is when the researchers only watch what happens.

What is an Observational Study?

100

Events with no outcomes in common are called this.

What is Mutually Exclusive / Disjoint?

100
These conditions must be checked before running several tests, such as a 1-proportion-z-test.

What is Random, Independent(10% Condition), and Normal (Success/Failure)?

100

The acronym SOCS stands for these 4 different things.

What are Shape, Outliers, Center, and Spread?

200

Bar charts and pie charts can only be used to represent this type of data.

What is Categorical Data?

200

This term describes when neither the experimenter nor the subjects know who received what treatment.

What is a Double Blinding?

200

The P(AnB), if they were both independent, would be equal to this.

What is P(A) x P(B)?

200

This test would be used when comparing average test scores between two independent classes.

What is a 2-Sample-T-test?

200

CLT is the acronym used for this term, when n is greater than or equal to 30.

What is the Central Limit Theorem?

300

These 5 components make up the Five Number Summary.

What is (Min - Q1 - Median - Q3 - Max) ?

300

A sampling design in which groups are chosen at random.

What is Cluster Sampling?

300
This calculator function is used to find the total probability of getting X or fewer successes among N trials.

What is Binomialcdf (Binomcdf)?

300

This type of error occurs when the null hypothesis is true, but we reject it.

What is a Type 1 error?

300

This acronym is used when checking conditions for Regression Inference.

What is LINER?

400

This rule helps determine outliers.

What is the 1.5 x IQR Rule?

400

Poor wording in a survey would be think kind of bias.

What is Response Bias?

400

This law states that as the number of trials or observations increase, the average of the results will get closer and closer to the true average.

What is the Law of Large Numbers?

400

This test would be used if you were trying to see if a die was fair.

What is a Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test?

400

The acronym RIL is used when checking conditions for these tests.

What are Chi-Square Tests?

500

This Paradox happens when averages are taken across different groups, yet they appear to contradict the overall averages.

What is Simpson's Paradox?

500

The 4 Principles of Experimental Design

What is Control, Randomize, Replicate, and Block?

500

Geometric and Binomial probabilities are both this type of trial.

What is a Bernoulli Trial?

500

This test would be used if you were trying to compare a group of people before and after a treatment to themselves.

What is a Paired-T-Test?

500

This phrase is often added at the end of descriptive acronyms to help student's in wording their answers.

What is +Context?

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