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involves using basic statistical calculations and graphical representations |
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Measures of central tendency |
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Mean, Median, Trimmed Mean |
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Five number summary is a ___.
It is used to measure both ____ ____ and ____. |
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set of five statistical values used to describe data that has asymmetric shape (box plot or dot plot) |
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Central tendency is _____.
Variability is _____. |
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The center of the data.
The amount of spread or error in the data. |
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Q1 is called the ____ or _____.
Q3 is called the ____ or _____.
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- first quartile or the twenty-fifth percentile
- third quartile or the seventy-fifth percentile. |
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The Interquartile Range is ____.
The Range is ____. |
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- is simply the difference in the difference in the third and first quartile vales of the dataset. (IQR=Q3-Q1)
- is simply the difference in the maximum and the minimum values of the dataset. (Range=Max-Min) |
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The Sample Mean is _____.
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- is a statistical value that measures central tendency
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The Trimmed Sample Mean is ____. |
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- is an adjusted sample mean that removes possible extreme observation values from the calculation.
- most common tr is 10%
- k=.10n --round this value up to the nearest integer and remove that many observations from the highest and lowest |
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The Sample Standard Deviation measures ____.
It represents the ____ in the data set and an _____. |
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- measures the spread in the dataset (how far apart are the data values)
- represents the diversity in the data set and an estimate of what the population standard deviation (σ) is. |
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The Sample Variance is ____ |
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- is simply the sample standard deviation squared |
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In statistics you can compare the ____ ____ directly, but not the ____ ____. |
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- sample means directly, not the standard deviations. |
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The Coefficient of Variation is a _______.
It is _____, meaning that it has no units.
It allows you to compare datasets
CV = s/mean
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- is a statistical value that measures the spread of the data relative to the size of the numbers.
- dimensionless |
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The Five Number Summary pinpoints ____ ____ of the sample dataset. |
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The k th percentile cutoff, Pk is a cutoff value where _____.
- Sort the dataset in ascending order.
- Calculate the value of Q. Q=(nk)/100
-If the value of Q is a ____, round up to the nearest integer and go to the Qth observation
-If the value is an ____, find the average of the Qth and (Q+1)th observations. |
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- where approximately k% of the data is below this value.
- decimal
-integer |
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An Outlier is _____.
An Intentional Outlier is ____.
An Unintentional Outlier is ____. |
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- is a recorded abnormal data value for an observation.
- is due to data entry error or measurement error while conducting the experiment.
is due to recording the value of an observation when he/she/it is not in its natural phenomenon.
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The Z-Score Method should be used if you _____.
z = (x-mean)/s |
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- if you assume or can show that the data has approximately a symmetric shape. |
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To detect any outliers of a dataset for Z-score:
- calculate the ___ ___ and ___ ___ ____.
- calculate the Z-score value for each observation in the dataset z=(x-mean)/s)
If the Z-score is more than ___ or less then ___, then the observation is a possible outlier
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- calculate the sample mean and sample standard deviation.
- +3, -3
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The IQR Method should be used if you ____. |
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- if you assume or can show that the data has a non-symmetric shape. |
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To detect any outliers of a data set using IQR:
-calculate the interquartile range (IQR=Q3-Q1)
-subtract 1.5*IQR from Q1 to create a lower boundary (Q1-1.5 IQR)
-add 1.5*IQR from Q3 to create an upper boundary (Q3+1.5IQR) |
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- If there are any observation values oustide of this interval, they are potential outliers. |
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