Week 4 Lecture Statistics

Question 1

Statistics

Answer 1

A set of tools and techniques that are used for describing, organizing, and interpreting information or data

Question 2

The snunkoople effect

Answer 2

what we find funny

Question 3

Two Main Types of Statistics

Answer 3

• descriptive statistics –> Describing data
• inferential statistics –> make prediction

Question 4

Descriptive statistics

Answer 4

• Organize
• Summarize
• Simplify
• Presentation of data

Used to describe the basic features of the data in a study

Question 5

inferential statistics

Answer 5

• Generalize from samples to population
• Hypothesis testing
• Relationships among variables

Trying to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone.

Question 6

sample

Answer 6

subset of a population

Question 7

population

Answer 7

group you want to make inferences about

Question 8

Statistics is important for ________ and _________ science

Answer 8

producing, consuming