Ultimate test 1 study guide Chapter 1 1.1 Def Def Descriptive stat-consists of organizing and summarizing the information collected Inferential stat- uses methods that take results obtained from a sample, extends them to the population, and measure the reliability of the result Qualitative variable- allow for classification of individuals on some attribute or characteristic Quantitative variable- provide numerical measures of individuals Discrete value- quantitative variable that has either a finite number or possible values or a countable number of possible values Continuous variable- is a quantitave variable that has an infinite number of possible values that are not countable Population-group being studied Individual- person or object in a population Sample- subset of a population
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Ultimate test 1 study guide Chapter 1 1.1 Def Def Descriptive stat-consists of organizing and summarizing the information collected Inferential stat- uses methods that take results obtained from a sample, extends them to the population, and measure the reliability of the result Qualitative variable- allow for classification of individuals on some attribute or characteristic Quantitative variable- provide numerical measures of individuals Discrete value- quantitative variable that has either a finite number or possible values or a countable number of possible values Continuous variable- is a quantitave variable that has an infinite number of possible values that are not countable Population-group being studied Individual- person or object in a population Sample- subset of a population
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