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Basic Statistics

Chapter 1: Data Collection

Chapter 1: Data Collection


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Language English
Category Maths
Level University
Created / Updated 07.09.2015 / 01.11.2022
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Statistics

is science of collecting, organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions.

Data 

numeric values that are gathered through measurements and/or observations.

Data Set

a collection of data values

Data Value (datum)

an individual value  in a data set

Population

Entire group to be studied

Ex: people, animals, foods, 

Individual

person or object that is a member of the population being studied

Sample

is a subset of the population that is being studied

Statistic

numerical summary of a sample