ST 243 WK 1 Lec Notes '24

population data

ALL of the data

Sample data

a portion of the population data

Descriptive statistics

analyzing numerical values that describe and summarize data

data

any collection of numbers characters (words) images or other items that provide information

inferential statistics

generalizing from samples to populations

variables

the characteristics being recorded or measured

statistics

the science of collecting, organizing, summarizing and drawing conclusions from data