Introduction to Statistics

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What is the definition of Statistics?

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Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data.

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What is Data?

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Data refers to facts or pieces of information.

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What are the two main types of Statistics?

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1. Descriptive Statistics 2. Inferential Statistics

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What does Descriptive Statistics involve?

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Descriptive Statistics involves organizing, summarizing, and visualizing data.

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What are Measures of Central Tendency?

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Measures of Central Tendency include Mean, Median, and Mode.

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How is the Mean calculated?

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The Mean is calculated as the sum of all values in the dataset divided by the number of values.

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What is the Median?

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The Median is the middle value of a dataset arranged in ascending or descending order.

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What is the Mode?

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The Mode is the value that occurs most frequently in a dataset.

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What are Measures of Dispersion?

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Measures of Dispersion describe the extent to which numerical data varies about an average value.

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What is Variance?

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Variance measures how far a set of numbers is spread out from their average value.