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48812548samplesubset of a population
48812549populationevery individual
48812550randomeach individual has equal probability of being selected
48812551stratifiedproportional to the size of a demographic in a population
48812552voluntarycontains only those individuals that choose to participate
48812553clustersmall groups selected randomly by geography
48812554convenienceincludes those that are easiest to collect data from
48812555systematicuses a rule or pattern to select an individual
48812556destructivedestroys the individual in order to collect the data
48812557biassystematic problem in the experiment that over or under measures
48812558validityexperimental results are reproducible by others
48812559reliableconclusions can be used to make credible predictions
48812560primarysource of data collected first hand
48812561secondarysource of data collected by someone else
48812562categoricaldata collected by a description rather than numerically
48812563continuousmeasured data
48812564discretecounted data
48812565histogramgraphical depiction of continuous data
48812566bar graphgraphical depiction of discrete data
48812567normaldata where measures of central tendency are equal or sufficiently close
48812568skewthe mean is pulled away from the other measures
48812569outlieran anomalous datum that is separated from or doesn't match the pattern of the rest of the data set
48812570meanaverage of a data set
48812571medianmiddle value of a sorted data set
48812572modemost frequent value of a data set
48812573rangethe minimum value subtracted from the maximum value
48812574varianceaverage area of squares defined by each piece of data to the mean of the data set
48812575standard deviationsquare root of the variance
48812576inter-quartile rangethe first quartile subtracted from the third quartile
48812577quartiledivides the data set into four groups
48812578box and whiskergraphical depiction of quartiles
48812579bimodalhas two modes outside of the mean and median
48812580accuracyhow close the data is to the right answer
48812581precisionhow close the data is to each other
48812582inferentialextrapolates to the entire population
48812583descriptiveused to describe a data set
48812584quantitativenumerical measures
48812585qualitativesensual observations
238436698variablean attribute that measured or counted
239663034coefficient of determinationr^2 value that measures how certain one can be in making predictions from a line or curve of best fit between 0 and 1
239663035linear regressionan algorithm to find the equation of line of fit for a set of data
239663036correlation coefficientthe PPMC for a data set that indicates the strength and direction of the linear relationship between -1 and 1
239663037PPMCPearson Product Moment of Correlation also known as the correlation coefficient or r-value
239663038cause and effecta relationship in which change in the independent variable causes change the dependent variable
239814459influential pointan extreme data point that affects the slope of the line of best fit and increases the coefficient of determination
239814460percentilebreaks a data set into 100 equal parts and is used to rank data
239814461weighted meanan average calculation where each piece of data has a component factor used to amplify or diminish it
239814462indexan actual, relative, or subjective value that is tracked over time
239814463real valueused to compare the value of investments after inflation has been discounted
239814464sample biasoccurs when the participant group does not reflect the population that is being studied or a sample is too small
239814465non-response biasoccurs when subgroups are under-represented because of low participation rates
239814466measurement biasoccurs when the device used for the experiment is not calibrated accurately
239814467response biasoccurs when participates purposely provide false or misleading answers

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