Overview of Statistics
A specific percentage obtained from the sample of the population.
What is Descriptive Statistics?
It is also called categorical data
What is Qualitative data?
The group that receives the special treatment in an experiment.
What is experimental or study group?
This is the number of times Mr. Westall has revolved around the sun.
What is 46?
Generalized conclusion from the information from descriptive statistics.
What is Inferential Statistics?
Numerical measurements or counts.
What is Quantitative?
When people do not know which of the two groups they are in the study is this.
What is blind?
Mr. Westall has been married this many years.
What is 24?
When human subjects experience real symptoms or improvements using fake medicines, procedures, or even fake surgeries.
What is the placebo effect?
Quantitative measurement that doesn't have to be in integers or other countable amounts?
What is Continuous data?
The act of repeating an experiment and getting the same or very similar results.
What is replication?
Mr. Westall has been to 4 countries outside the USA. Name 2 of them.
What are Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
The type of sampling most likely to be biased.
What is Convenience sampling?
Can be counted like the number of wheels on a car.
What is Discrete?
This is done in place of an experiment if it will be too dangerous.
What is a simulation?
Mr. Westall has this many college degrees.
What is 3?
Collecting data from everyone or everything in the population.
What is Census?
These were two of the Presidents of the United States that won after the surveys said they would lose.
Who are FDR(Roosevelt) , Truman, Kennedy, and Trump?
The type of data a jersey number or drivers license number is.
What is Categorical or Qualitative Data?
People sometimes lie or don't know, so instead of asking them survey questions we do this type of data collection.
What is an observation?
Mr. Westall's favorite vacation was to this National Park.
What is Yellowstone?