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What type of data is represented by the number of students in a class?
What type of data is represented by the number of students in a class?
Which measure of central tendency represents the middle value in an ordered data set?
Which measure of central tendency represents the middle value in an ordered data set?
Which level of measurement includes categories without a meaningful order?
Which level of measurement includes categories without a meaningful order?
What does a smaller standard deviation indicate about a data set?
What does a smaller standard deviation indicate about a data set?
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Which graphical representation displays the five-number summary of a dataset?
Which graphical representation displays the five-number summary of a dataset?
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In which sampling method are individuals selected at regular intervals?
In which sampling method are individuals selected at regular intervals?
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Which type of data represents temperature in Celsius?
Which type of data represents temperature in Celsius?
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What is the range of a dataset?
What is the range of a dataset?
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What is the complement of the probability of an event A if P(A) = 0.4?
What is the complement of the probability of an event A if P(A) = 0.4?
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In the binomial probability formula, what does the term n represent?
In the binomial probability formula, what does the term n represent?
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Which equation represents the calculation for the probability of getting exactly k successes in n trials?
Which equation represents the calculation for the probability of getting exactly k successes in n trials?
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What does the CI formula's z-value represent?
What does the CI formula's z-value represent?
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If a sample mean is 50 and the standard deviation is 10, what is a possible 95% confidence interval using z = 1.96 with a sample size of 30?
If a sample mean is 50 and the standard deviation is 10, what is a possible 95% confidence interval using z = 1.96 with a sample size of 30?
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Which of the following correctly defines the correlation coefficient r?
Which of the following correctly defines the correlation coefficient r?
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When flipping a coin 5 times, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 heads?
When flipping a coin 5 times, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 heads?
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What does the slope (m) in the linear regression equation y = mx + b represent?
What does the slope (m) in the linear regression equation y = mx + b represent?
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Study Notes
Levels of Measurement
- Nominal: Categories without order (e.g., favorite colors, types of pets)
- Ordinal: Ordered categories, differences between them are not meaningful (e.g., movie rankings)
- Interval: Ordered data with meaningful differences, no true zero (e.g., temperature in Celsius)
- Ratio: Ordered data with meaningful differences and a true zero (e.g., age, weight, income)
Data Types
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Quantitative Data: Numerical values
- Discrete: Countable values (e.g., number of students)
- Continuous: Measured values (e.g., height, weight)
- Qualitative Data: Categorical data (e.g., types of cars, favorite foods)
Descriptive Statistics
Central Tendency
- Mean: Average value (sum of values / number of values)
- Median: Middle value when data is ordered
- Mode: Most frequent value
Measures of Spread
- Range: Difference between maximum and minimum values
- Standard Deviation: Measures how spread out data is around the mean; smaller standard deviation indicates data more clustered around the mean.
Graphical Representations
- Histograms: Show frequencies of data ranges
- Boxplots: Display 5-number summary (minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum)
- Stem-and-Leaf Plots: Organize data to show its shape and distribution
Sampling Methods
- Random Sampling: Every individual has an equal chance of selection
- Systematic Sampling: Selecting every nth individual
- Stratified Sampling: Dividing population into groups and sampling from each
- Cluster Sampling: Dividing population into groups and sampling entire groups
Probability Basics
Complement Rule
- If P(A) is the probability of event A, then P(A') (complement) is the probability that A does not happen: P(A') = 1 - P(A)
Binomial Probability
- Calculates the likelihood of getting a certain number of successes in a fixed number of trials:
- P(X=k) = ( n k ) * pk * (1-p)n-k
- n: Number of trials
- k: Number of successes
- p: Probability of success
- 1-p: Probability of failure
Confidence Intervals
- Estimates a range for the true population mean:
- CI = x̄ ± z * σ /√n
- x̄: Sample mean
- z: Z-score (based on confidence level)
- σ: Standard deviation
- n: Sample size
Linear Regression & Correlation
- Regression: Predicts relationship between two variables using y = mx + b (where 'm' is the slope and 'b' is the intercept)
- Correlation Coefficient (r): Measures strength of relationship between two variables; ranges from -1 (perfect negative correlation) to 1 (perfect positive correlation).
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Test your understanding of different levels of measurement in statistics, including nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. Explore the distinctions between quantitative and qualitative data, as well as central tendency and measures of spread like mean and standard deviation.
