Chapter 1 vocab

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Info from observations, counts, or measurements

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Data

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Science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data for decision-making.

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Statistics

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Collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts of interest

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Population

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Subset of a population

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Sample

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Numerical description of a population characteristic

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Parameter

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Numerical description of a sample characteristic

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Statistic

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Branch of statistics for organizing, summarizing, and displaying data.

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Descriptive Statistics

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Branch of statistics using a sample to infer about a population

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Inferential Statistics

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Data with attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries

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Qualitative Data

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Data consisting of numerical measurements or counts

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Quantitative Data