MATH101 Lecture Notes - Regression Analysis, Cluster Sampling, Standard Deviation
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Population: the entire group of individuals or objects that are being studied. It can refer to a group of people, animals, or any other entities that share a common characteristic: sample: a subset of the population that is selected for analysis. It is typically a smaller group of individuals or objects that are representative of the larger population: variable: a characteristic or attribute of an individual or object that can be measured or observed. It can be quantitative, such as height or weight, or qualitative, such as gender or color: data: the information that is collected and used for statistical analysis. It can be in the form of numbers, words, or symbols, and can be qualitative or quantitative: descriptive statistics: a branch of statistics that is used to summarize and. It includes measures such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and range.
