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In what context did the term 'statistics' enter the English vocabulary?
In what context did the term 'statistics' enter the English vocabulary?
- Derived from the study of probability theory in the 17th century
- In relation to the administration of hospitals and universities during the Renaissance
- Derived from the term 'world state' in the eighteenth century, referring to numerical data on state interests (correct)
- In the context of academic research in the early 20th century
Which of the following best describes the role of statistics in decision-making for business executives and managers?
Which of the following best describes the role of statistics in decision-making for business executives and managers?
- Statistics serve as the foundation for decisions by processing and interpreting information. (correct)
- Statistics provide a theoretical framework, but practical experience is more critical for decisions.
- Statistics are important for long-term strategic planning but irrelevant in day-to-day operational choices.
- Statistics offer a supplementary viewpoint, primarily for backing up decisions based on intuition.
Which of the following scenarios demonstrates the application of descriptive statistics?
Which of the following scenarios demonstrates the application of descriptive statistics?
- Drawing conclusions about the overall employment rate in a country based on surveys from select cities.
- Collecting and summarizing data on marriage, divorce and birth rates using graphs and tables. (correct)
- Testing a new drug by observing its effects on a sample group and inferring its effectiveness on all patients.
- Using sample data to predict the outcome of a new medical treatment on a larger population.
In the context of inferential statistics, how is the performance of a new surgical procedure evaluated?
In the context of inferential statistics, how is the performance of a new surgical procedure evaluated?
In the history of statistics, what was the primary application of descriptive statistics in ancient civilizations like Babylonia, Assyria, and Greece?
In the history of statistics, what was the primary application of descriptive statistics in ancient civilizations like Babylonia, Assyria, and Greece?
Which of the following statements accurately describes the origin and development of inferential statistics?
Which of the following statements accurately describes the origin and development of inferential statistics?
Who is credited with discovering the Normal distribution?
Who is credited with discovering the Normal distribution?
Which statisticians are known for their work on correlation and regression?
Which statisticians are known for their work on correlation and regression?
In statistical terms, what is the definition of a 'population'?
In statistical terms, what is the definition of a 'population'?
In statistics, what term is used to describe each individual member of a corresponding population?
In statistics, what term is used to describe each individual member of a corresponding population?
Why is a sample used instead of studying the entire population in many research scenarios?
Why is a sample used instead of studying the entire population in many research scenarios?
What is the primary distinction between a target population and a study population in research?
What is the primary distinction between a target population and a study population in research?
What caution should be observed when interpreting results if the target and study populations differ?
What caution should be observed when interpreting results if the target and study populations differ?
In the example where "Patients with hypertension" represent the target population and "Patients admitted to Al-Sadder hospital" represent the study population, what potential selectivity issue might arise?
In the example where "Patients with hypertension" represent the target population and "Patients admitted to Al-Sadder hospital" represent the study population, what potential selectivity issue might arise?
What constitutes a 'population' in statistics, as opposed to its everyday meaning?
What constitutes a 'population' in statistics, as opposed to its everyday meaning?
Why might a researcher choose to study a sample of 1000 smokers instead of 'all the smokers in Iraq'?
Why might a researcher choose to study a sample of 1000 smokers instead of 'all the smokers in Iraq'?
In research methodology, what is a 'sample' defined as?
In research methodology, what is a 'sample' defined as?
What is the key difference between a finite and an infinite population?
What is the key difference between a finite and an infinite population?
Which of the following is an example of a finite population?
Which of the following is an example of a finite population?
Which scenario is an example of descriptive statistics being applied in a real-world situation?
Which scenario is an example of descriptive statistics being applied in a real-world situation?
What is the primary purpose of applying inferential statistics in scientific research?
What is the primary purpose of applying inferential statistics in scientific research?
In what way did the application of statistics influence agriculture, economics and biology during the early 20th century?
In what way did the application of statistics influence agriculture, economics and biology during the early 20th century?
If the target population is "all adults with diabetes" and the study population is "patients with diabetes attending a specialized clinic", what kind of bias might be introduced?
If the target population is "all adults with diabetes" and the study population is "patients with diabetes attending a specialized clinic", what kind of bias might be introduced?
In the context of research studies, when would a researcher most likely choose to work with a sample instead of the entire population?
In the context of research studies, when would a researcher most likely choose to work with a sample instead of the entire population?
Given that time is a limiting factor in a research study, which method must be applied in this limited time?
Given that time is a limiting factor in a research study, which method must be applied in this limited time?
Which scenario illustrates the concept of a finite population?
Which scenario illustrates the concept of a finite population?
During a clinical trial for a new drug, researchers find that the drug is effective in reducing blood pressure in a sample of patients. How would they use inferential statistics to extend these findings?
During a clinical trial for a new drug, researchers find that the drug is effective in reducing blood pressure in a sample of patients. How would they use inferential statistics to extend these findings?
A public health agency is conducting a survey on obesity prevalence among adults in a country. Which limitation would be best addressed in this scenario?
A public health agency is conducting a survey on obesity prevalence among adults in a country. Which limitation would be best addressed in this scenario?
Which of the following study groups best represents a finite population?
Which of the following study groups best represents a finite population?
The 'study population' differs from the 'target population'. What steps should researchers take to ensure that their findings are still meaningful?
The 'study population' differs from the 'target population'. What steps should researchers take to ensure that their findings are still meaningful?
In a study that aims to estimate the average income of households in a city, what steps would the researchers need to take when applying inferential statistics?
In a study that aims to estimate the average income of households in a city, what steps would the researchers need to take when applying inferential statistics?
When describing a population as 'infinite' in statistics, what key attribute does this imply?
When describing a population as 'infinite' in statistics, what key attribute does this imply?
In what scenarios is a study more prone to suffer from sampling bias?
In what scenarios is a study more prone to suffer from sampling bias?
When is using a sample appropriate over using a population?
When is using a sample appropriate over using a population?
A researcher discovers that there is a big difference between the population and the sample, what is the best step the researcher can take?
A researcher discovers that there is a big difference between the population and the sample, what is the best step the researcher can take?
Which of the following research projects is the best example of inferential statistics?
Which of the following research projects is the best example of inferential statistics?
Flashcards
What are statistics?
What are statistics?
Academic: science of assembling/interpreting data.
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Data collection, organization, presentation, and summarization using tables/graphs.
Inferential Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Drawing conclusions about a population based on sample results.
What is a population?
What is a population?
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What is a sample?
What is a sample?
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Population (everyday language)
Population (everyday language)
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Population (in statistics)
Population (in statistics)
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What is an element?
What is an element?
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What is a target population?
What is a target population?
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What is study population?
What is study population?
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What is a finite population?
What is a finite population?
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What is a infinite population?
What is a infinite population?
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Study Notes
- The lecture introduces statistics, covering its definition, types, historical context, and key concepts such as population and sample.
- The lecture also touches on measures of central tendency and dispersion, skewness, kurtosis, moments, normal distribution, sampling, Estimation Theory, and hypothesis testing.
Introduction to Statistics
- Business executives, managers, hospitals, universities, and other organizations rely on statistics for decision-making.
- Much of the information used in decision-making is in the form of numbers called "statistics".
- The word "statistics," derived from "world state," entered the English vocabulary in the 18th century.
- Statistics used to refer to sets of numerical data on population, taxes, wealth, exports, imports, and crop production for state officials.
- Now, statistics are a crucial branch of mathematics and tool for scientific research across all sciences.
Definition of Statistics
- Statistics is demonstrated through examples such as antibiotics reducing throat infection duration by 1-2 days.
- Examples also include the diagnosis of 50 angina patients at Ibn Al-Haythem hospital last year.
- Statistics is the science of assembling and interpreting numerical data (Blad, 2000).
- Statistics is a discipline for treating numerical data derived from groups of individuals (Armitage et al., 2001).
Types of Statistics
- Statistics is of two types: descriptive and inferential.
Descriptive Statistics
- Descriptive statistics involves the collection, organization, presentation, and summarization of data using tables or graphs.
- Examples include statistics on vital events like births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and disease incidence.
Inferential Statistics
- Inferential statistics uses a logical basis to draw conclusions about populations from sample results.
- Examples of inferential statistics include testing a new drug or medical procedure, then drawing conclusion regarding the drug's performance when it is used in a sample of patients with a disease, then the conclusion is drawn as to how it would perform among a target population
- The Iraqi National Health Survey is another example, that collects data on illness and disability to infer characteristics in the total population.
History of Statistics
- Descriptive statistics were used in early civilizations like Babylonia, Assyria, and Greece to count soldiers, agriculture production, and estimate taxes.
- Inferential statistics are mainly based on probability theory and developed mostly in 16th-century Europe.
Famous Scientists in Statistics
- Key mathematicians included Pascal and Bernoulli.
- De Moivre discovered the Normal distribution in 1833.
- Karl Pearson and Francis Galton discovered correlation and regression in 1822-1911.
- R.A. Fisher developed and applied statistics in biology, economics, and agriculture.
Population and Sample
- In everyday language, a population refers to all people in a specific area, like the population of Baghdad.
- In statistics, population has a broader meaning, referring to all houses in a town where each house is considered an element.
- Information about a population is needed to make decisions.
- It is often too costly or time-consuming to obtain information about all elements in a population.
- A sample is a subset of elements from a population.
- Target and study populations should be distinguished.
- The target population is the group an investigator wants to draw conclusions about.
- The study population is the actual population from which the sample is drawn.
- Target population are patients with hypertension
- Study Population are patients admitted to Al-Sadder hospital
- The sample are records of the above patients
- If the target population and study population are identical, there are no interpretation difficulties.
- Conclusions are valid for the study population if the target differs from the study population.
- Selective examples can indicate an issue with the approach.
- Samples can be selective depending on the proportion of patients who have not been hospitalized, potentially impacting results.
- A population is a complete set of people or subjects to be studied.
- A sample is a smaller part of that population.
- "All the smokers in Iraq" can be taken as an example of a population. In the study of smoking, it would be almost impossible to study every single smoker.
- Sample size is chosen because of time and money constraints.
- Say 1000 smokers are to be sample. This constitutes the sample.
- A sample of units selected from a population provides data.
Population types
- Population can be finite or infinite.
- Finite population allows collection of data on everyone.
- Measuring student height at the university of Kufa constitues a finite population.
- Infinite populations do not allow the collection of data on everyone.
- Number of bacteria in a study field counts as an infinite study.
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