The process of collecting, describing, and organizing information from a sample.
What is Descriptive Statistics?
This kind of data distribution is required for using the Empirical Rule
What is Bell-Shaped? or Normal? or Symmetric?
The best way to represent relative frequency for qualitative data.
What is a Pie Chart?
Find the mode and range of the data:
2, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9
Modes are 2 and 8. The range is 7.
Using a random number generator to select the subjects for a sample
What is Simple Random Sample
Complete collection of objects or individuals that are being studied
What is Population
This amount of data is within 2 standard deviations of the mean.
What is 68%?
List two differences of a bar graph and a histogram.
quantitative/qualitative data and gaps between bars
Find the median and the mean of the data:
2, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9
The median is 7. The mean is 5.8
Sample is selected by taking the members of the population that are easiest to
reach
What is Convenience Sampling
A subset of a collection of objects being studied
What is Sample?
This percent of the data is below the mean.
What is 50%?
The width of the classes in this histogram is_____.
The width of the classes in this histogram is 10.
If we added a outlier, which measure of center would change the most?
2, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9, 50
The mean. It is not resistant.
Choosing every 10th student from the roster
What is Systematic?
Quantitative data that can take on any value (not just whole numbers)
What is Continuous Data?
95% of the data is within TWO standard deviations of MEAN.
What is the shape of the histogram? Explain your choice.
Find the standard deviation of the sample data:
2, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9
The standard deviation is 3.13
Selecting 10 schools at random from a city and surveying all the students in those selected schools
What is Cluster Sampling
Quantitative data that possess gaps.
What is Discrete Data?
If you cannot use the Empirical Rule on a set of data, you can use this instead.
What type of graphical representation is this? Be specific.
Bar graph: Pareto Chart
Find the variance of the sample data:
2, 2, 6, 8, 8, 9
The variance is 9.77
Dividing a population of college students based on their majors then randomly selecting a proportional number of students from each group.
What is Stratified?