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-The information about different variables is referred to as data
-A term that's at the statistical analysis |
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| -Think of a data distribution as a listing of the values or responses associated with a particular variable in a data set |
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-The individual pieces of information are referred to as data points
-But taken together the data points combine to form a data set
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| -When the data relative to some specific variables are assembled, we refer to the collection or bundle of information as a data set |
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| -Statistical procedures used to summarize or describe data |
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| -A table or graph that indicated how many times a value or response appears in a data set of values or respones |
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| -Statistical procedures used to make statements or inferences about a population, based on sample statistics |
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INTERVAL
LEVEL OF MEASUREMENT |
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| -The key element in this level of measurement is the notion of equal intervals |
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INTERVAL/RATIO
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| -Since there is no practical difference between the interval and ratio levels of measurement when it comes to statistical analysis, the terms are often combined to refer to any scale of measurement that is either interval or ratio |
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NOMINAL
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-The most fundamental or simplest level
-A system of measurement based on categories that are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive
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ORDINAL
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| -An important element appears: the nation of order (greater than and less than) |
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| -A characteristic of a population |
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-All possible cases; sometimes referred to as the universe.
-It is often thought of as the total collection of cases that you're interested in |
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RATIO
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-Has all the properties of the interval level of measurement, along with one additional feature: The ratio level has a true or known zero point.
-To say that a variable is measured at the ratio level of measurement means that the variable could actually assume a value of 0 and that the value of 0 is in a sense, legitimate |
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| -A porton of a population |
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| -A characteristic of a sample |
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-All possible cases;
-It is offen thought of as the total collection of cases thath you're interested in |
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| -Any thing that can take on defferent quanlities; anything that can vary |
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