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What is marginal distribution?
What is conditional distribution?
What is association in statistics?
When specific values of one variable tend to occur in common with specific values of another variable.
What are different types of graphs for quantitative data?
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What types of graphs are used for categorical data?
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What is a percentile?
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What does relative cumulative frequency represent?
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What is an ogive?
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What does SOCS stand for in statistics?
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What does the shape of a distribution indicate?
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What are outliers?
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How do you calculate the lower boundary of a data set?
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How do you calculate the upper boundary of a data set?
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What is included in the five number summary?
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How is the interquartile range (IQR) calculated?
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How is the range of a data set calculated?
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What is standard deviation?
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What is the Pth percentile?
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What is a density curve?
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What are the elements of a density curve?
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What is the median of a density curve?
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What is the mean of a density curve?
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What are normal curves?
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What are the elements of a normal curve?
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What is normal distribution?
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What is the empirical rule?
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What is a standard normal distribution?
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What is the formula for standard normal distribution?
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What are the steps for assessing normality?
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What is a response variable?
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What is an explanatory variable?
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What is a scatterplot?
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What does SOFA stand for when interpreting scatterplots?
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Study Notes
Distribution Concepts
- Marginal Distribution: Shows how values of a variable are distributed among all individuals; calculated as a percentage of the total.
- Conditional Distribution: Displays the distribution of values for a specific subset of individuals, reflecting percentages out of a specific total.
- Association: Occurs when certain values of one variable commonly associate with specific values of another variable.
Graphs for Data Representation
- Quantitative Data Graphs: Include histograms, dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, and box plots.
- Categorical Data Graphs: Comprise bar graphs and pie charts.
Percentiles and Frequency
- Percentile: A ranking from 0 to 100 indicating a score's position in a distribution; scoring at a certain percentile means equal to or worse than that score.
- Relative Cumulative Frequency: Helps in calculating the pth percentile for individuals.
- Relative Cumulative Frequency Distribution (Ogive): Graphically represents relative cumulative frequency, illustrating percentiles.
Data Analysis Principles
- SOCS: An acronym for organizing data analysis—Shape, Outliers, Center, Spread.
- Shape: Can be right skewed, left skewed, or symmetrical. In left skewed distributions, the median (M) is greater than the mean (x̄) and vice versa for right skewed distributions.
- Outliers: Data points that fall outside the calculated upper and lower boundaries.
Interquartile Range and Summary Measures
- Lower Boundary Formula: Calculated as Q1 - 1.5(IQR).
- Upper Boundary Formula: Found using Q3 + 1.5(IQR).
- Five Number Summary: Constitutes minimum, Q1, median, Q3, and maximum.
- Interquartile Range (IQR): Difference calculated as Q3 - Q1.
- Range: Computed as maximum - minimum.
Variability and Density Curves
- Standard Deviation: Measures how much data points vary from the mean.
- Density Curve: Describes a smooth curve showing a regular pattern of a large number of observations.
- Elements of a Density Curve: Must always be above the horizontal axis and total area equals 1.
Properties of Normal Distribution
- Median of a Density Curve: The equal-areas point dividing the area under the curve in half.
- Mean of a Density Curve: The balance point of the curve.
- Normal Curves: A special density curve shape characterized by symmetric, single-peaked, and bell-shaped distributions.
- Normal Distribution: Fully described by its mean and standard deviation, written as N(mean, standard deviation).
- Empirical Rule: 68-95-99.7 rule; states that 68% of data fall within one standard deviation, 95% within two, and 99.7% within three.
Standard Normal Distribution
- Standard Normal Distribution: A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1, useful for standardized comparison.
- Z-Score Formula: Calculated as Z = (X - μ) / σ.
Assessing Normality
- Assess normality using histograms, checking mean and median similarity, and verifying percentages according to the empirical rule.
Variable Types
- Response Variable: Measures the outcome of a study; known as dependent variables (y or b).
- Explanatory Variable: Influences the response variable; known as independent or predictor variables (x or a).
Scatterplots
- Scatterplot: Graphically represents the relationship between two quantitative variables; the explanatory variable is plotted on the x-axis and the response variable on the y-axis.
- Describing Scatterplots (SOFA): Use S for Strength, O for Outliers, F for Form, and A for Association.
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This quiz covers key concepts in statistics related to distribution, including marginal and conditional distributions, association, and various data representation graphs. Test your knowledge of percentiles, frequency, and how to interpret quantitative and categorical data graphs.