SOCY 2061 Study Guide - Final Guide: Simple Random Sample, Statistical Inference, Central Limit Theorem
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List of topics (by chapter) that we covered during the semester and will be on the final exam (note: recommended excercises for review are in parentheses next to chapter heading) Chapter 1 (#7, 9) dependent variable descriptive statistics dichotomous variable hypothesis independent variable inferential statistics interval-ratio measurement nominal measurement ordinal measurement population vs. sample theory unit of analysis variable causality. Chapter 2 (#5, 9) cumulative frequency distribution cumulative percentage distribution frequency distribution rate proportion. Chapter 3 (#5, 7) histogram bar graph frequency polygon pie chart time series chart. Chapter 4 (#3, 5, 13) mean median mode distributions skewed distributions. Chapter 5 (#1, 5, 13, 15a) interquartile range (iqr) index of qualitative variation (iqv) range standard deviation variance. Chapter 6 (#3, 5, 11) normal distribution standard z-score (compute and interpret) Chapter 7 (#3, 7, 9, 11) simple random sample systemic random sample stratified random sample sampling distribution of the mean central limit theorem. Chapter 8 (#5, 7, 9) estimating confidence intervals.
