STAT 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Statistic, Simple Random Sample, Statistical Parameter
26 Feb 2018
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In approximately 5 minutes, i want you to meet as many of your classmates as you can. From each person you meet, please collect the following information: Number of credits enrolled in this semester. Approximate number of miles currently lived from campus. The first word that comes to mind when you hear the word statistics . Statistics are all around us all the time, and information is being gathered about us all the time. It"s important that we develop the skills to be savvy consumers of statistical information encountered in everyday life. Data is information that is gathered with a particular context; without knowing the context, it becomes harder to interpret and understand the data. The objects described by a set of data. Sometimes we call these subjects or participants or cases. Any characteristic of an individual; this can take different values for different individuals. Places an individual into one of several groups or categories (typically words, not numbers)
