the study of numbers, shapes, and space using reason and usually a special system of symbols and rules for organizing them
What is the definition of mathematics?
100
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer
What is included in the term data?
100
to say or write what someone or something is like
What is the definition of "to describe"?
100
a particular number or amount that never changes
What is a constant?
200
a collection of numerical facts or measurements, as about people, business conditions, or weather
What can be included in a statistic?
200
all the people or animals of a particular type or group who live in one country, area, or place
What is a population?
200
to bring something together from different places or over a period of time
What is the definition of "to collect"?
200
a random group of people or things that is chosen out of a larger number
What is a random sample?
300
a group of similar things that belong together in some way
What is a set?
300
dealing with methods used to collect, organize and analyze numerical facts
What is included in descriptive statistics?
300
to choose a small number of things, or to choose by making careful decisions
What is the definition of "to select"?
300
an occasion that allows something to be done
What is chance?
400
a group of people or things that is chosen out of a larger number
What is the definition of a sample?
400
using inductive reasoning to make generalizations, inferences and predictions about a wider population
What is included in inferential statistics?
400
to collect several things, often from different places or people
What is the definition of "to gather"?
400
the importance or worth of something for someone
What is a value?
500
a number, amount, or situation that can change
What is a variable?
500
reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion
What is inductive reasoning?
500
to do or arrange something according to a particular system
What is the definition of "to organize"?
500
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have