Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
and Statistics
Statistical study
Outline
CHAPTER
concept
calculations.
Slide 1
YES or NO?
How would we show
that statistically?
Probability
is interested in the analytical calculation of
probability
E.g., Rolling two dies. Probability of getting
one even number and the other multiple of 3?
Statistics
collect,
organize, summarize,
analyze, and draw conclusions
about the population using
data (or sample).
N= 30
n=3
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Probability Concept:
What is probability?
What do we mean by
o Prob ( on a die) = 1/6
o Prob ( living creature on Mars) = 1/2
Ch. 2
Professors at UCB
Barlow
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Wolff
Ross
Statistics concept:
Sampling Study
Population (N)
Sampling
Terminology
Descriptive statistics
What to show (mmm, ISU)
How to show
Inferential statistics
Estimation of mean/var
Statistical Test
Regression
UWM
heights
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x1, x2, x3
Inferential Statistics
Quantitative
Categorical
(gender, residency
county)
Numerical,
Can be ranked
(*can/cannot
be ranked)
Discrete
Continuous
Countable
5, 29, 8000, etc.
Can be decimals
2.59, 312.1, etc.
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Recorded Value
(value) Boundaries*
Length
15 centimeters (cm)
14.5-15.5 cm
Temperature
86 Fahrenheit (F)
85.5-86.5 F
Time
0.425-0.435 sec
Mass
1.55-1.65 g
Levels of Measurement
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Ratio Level
Hair Color
Yes
No
Nominal
Zip Code
Yes
No
Nominal
Letter Grade
Yes
Yes
No
ACT Score
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interval
Height
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ratio
Age
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ratio
Temperature (F)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Interval
Ordinal
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Group
Ranking
Bluman Chapter 1
Difference
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Zero
Mailed questionnaire
cheap,
Personal interview
expensive,
biased interviewer
Direct observation
Or perform
15 experiments.
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Suspect Samples
Is
Ambiguous Averages
What
Detached Statistics
One
Implied Connections
Studies
Misleading Graphs
Are
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Yuna Kim
Gold medalist in Vancouver 2010
Winter Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6uLhN1jH6uo
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