AP Statistics - chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 10292669796 | statistics | the science of data | 0 | |
| 10292669797 | data analysis | organizing, displaying, summarizing and asking questions about data | 1 | |
| 10292669798 | individual | object described by a set of data | 2 | |
| 10292669799 | variable | any characteristic of an individual | 3 | |
| 10292669800 | categorical variable | a qualitative variable that is used to place an individual into one or several groups | 4 | |
| 10292669801 | quantitative variable | a way to categorize an individual using numerical values for which it is often sensible to find an average | 5 | |
| 10292669802 | distribution | tells what values a variable takes and how often the variable takes on those values | 6 | |
| 10292669803 | inference | drawing conclusions that go beyond the given data | 7 | |
| 10299538062 | population | an ENTIRE group of individuals | 8 | |
| 10299544757 | sample | a SUBSET of individuals representative of the whole set | 9 |