Understanding Statistics: Science of Data Analysis

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Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions. Statistics is important because it enables people to make decisions based on ______ evidence.

empirical

Statistics provides us with tools needed to convert massive data into pertinent information that can be used in ______ making.

decision

Statistics can provide us information that we can use to make sensible ______.

decisions

A population is the total or entire group of individuals or observations from which information is desired by a __________

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An individual is a person or object that is a member of the population being studied; everybody collects and uses information, much of it in numerical or statistical ________ in day-to-day life

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Limitation of statistics: Statistics is not suitable to the study of qualitative ______.

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Gaining access to an entire population is often difficult and __________

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Types of statistics: Descriptive statistics define or describe or give information about a set of data or ______.

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In conducting research, we typically look at a subset of the population called a ________

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Correlational statistics study the relationship between or among ______.

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The Philippine Mental Health Association contacts 1,028 teenagers who are 13 to 17 years of age and live in Antipolo City and asked whether or not they had been prescribed medications for any mental disorders, such as depression or ________

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A farmer wanted to learn about the weight of his soybean crop. He randomly sampled 100 plants and weighed the soybeans on each ________

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Inferential statistics uses methods that takes results obtained from a ______, extends them to the population, and measures the reliability of the result.

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If the entire population is studied, then inferential statistics is not necessary, because descriptive statistics will provide all the information that we need regarding the ______.

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A badminton player wants to know his average score for the past 10 games. Answer: ______.

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A car manufacturer wishes to estimate the average lifetime of batteries by testing a ______ of 50 batteries.

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Janine wants to determine the variability of her six exam scores in algebra. Answer: ______ Statistics.

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A shipping company wishes to estimate the number of passengers traveling via their ships next year using their data on the number of passengers in the past three years. Answer: ______ Statistics.

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Understanding Statistics: Science of Data Analysis

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Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions. Statistics is important because it enables people to make decisions based on ______ evidence.

Statistics provides us with tools needed to convert massive data into pertinent information that can be used in ______ making.

Statistics can provide us information that we can use to make sensible ______.

A population is the total or entire group of individuals or observations from which information is desired by a __________

An individual is a person or object that is a member of the population being studied; everybody collects and uses information, much of it in numerical or statistical ________ in day-to-day life

Limitation of statistics: Statistics is not suitable to the study of qualitative ______.

Gaining access to an entire population is often difficult and __________

Types of statistics: Descriptive statistics define or describe or give information about a set of data or ______.

In conducting research, we typically look at a subset of the population called a ________

Correlational statistics study the relationship between or among ______.

The Philippine Mental Health Association contacts 1,028 teenagers who are 13 to 17 years of age and live in Antipolo City and asked whether or not they had been prescribed medications for any mental disorders, such as depression or ________

A farmer wanted to learn about the weight of his soybean crop. He randomly sampled 100 plants and weighed the soybeans on each ________

Inferential statistics uses methods that takes results obtained from a ______, extends them to the population, and measures the reliability of the result.

If the entire population is studied, then inferential statistics is not necessary, because descriptive statistics will provide all the information that we need regarding the ______.

A badminton player wants to know his average score for the past 10 games. Answer: ______.

A car manufacturer wishes to estimate the average lifetime of batteries by testing a ______ of 50 batteries.

Janine wants to determine the variability of her six exam scores in algebra. Answer: ______ Statistics.

A shipping company wishes to estimate the number of passengers traveling via their ships next year using their data on the number of passengers in the past three years. Answer: ______ Statistics.

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