Term
|
Definition
| descriptive statistics describes how many units per 100 have a certain characteristic |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Inferential statistic - reported to warn that random sampling may produce error |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| averages, percentages for census data are called parameters |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| tool to indicate how much confidence we have when generalizing from a sample to a population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any group in which a researcher is interested |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| average for a sample should be referred to as... |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| all members of a population are included |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Scales of measurement-level of measurement |
|
Definition
| determine what types of statistical analyses are appropriate for a given set of data. |
|
|
Term
| nominal-also called categorical |
|
Definition
| lowest level of measurement. Think of this as the naming level. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| order from high to low. Think of this as a ranking level. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| how much individuals differ. Think of equal distance levels. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This scale does not have an absolute zero. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| This scale does have an absolute zero. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the # of individuals or cases. Lowercase italic f |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| number of cases, is also used to stand for frequency. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| should be used when describing a sample\ |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| indicates the number per hundred who have certain characteristics. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reported more than proportions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| what is a good idea to report when reporting percentages? |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| If 24% of the 1511 students in a school qualify for a school lunch program, to two decimal places, how many qualify? |
|
|
Term
| 368/4310=.0853828x100=8.5 |
|
Definition
| If 368 teens in a population of 4310 complain of headaches, to 1 decimal what % complain? |
|
|
Term
| 3100/46785=.0662605*100=6.6 |
|
Definition
| If 3100 people in a pop of 46785 complain of headaches, to one decimal what % complain? |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| If 340 adults in a community of 6532 report exercise, to 3 decimals what proportion get exercise? |
|
|
