STA2023 Module 1 Exam Questions And
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Define statistics - Answer✔Statistics deals with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and
presentation of data in order to make decisions.
Define Inferential Statistics - Answer✔Formal methods that use sample data to help make
decisions or predictions about a situation.
Define descriptive statistics - Answer✔Methods for organizing and summarizing data by using
tables, graphs, and summary measures
Define population - Answer✔collection of persons, things, or objects whose characteristics are
being studied
Define Sample - Answer✔portion of population that is being studied
Define element/member - Answer✔specific subject about which the information is collected
Define parameter - Answer✔A numerical characteristic of the whole population that can be
estimated by a statistic. If we consider all math classes to be the population, than the average
number of points are in per student over all the math classes is an example.
Define statistic - Answer✔A numerical measurement that represents a sample. If you randomly
select 20 students from the math population than the average number of points earned per
student over the sample is an example.
Define Variable - Answer✔A characteristic under study. It assumes different values for different
members of the population or sample.
Define Numerical Variables - Answer✔take on values with equal units, such as weight in pounds
in time in hours
Define categorical variables - Answer✔place the person or thing into a category
Observation or Measurement - Answer✔value of a variable for an element
Data - Answer✔actual values of the variable, they may be numbers or words
quantitative variable - Answer✔A variable that can be measured numerically
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