SOSC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collectively Exhaustive Events, Caffeine, Scientific Method
29 Apr 2016
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Statistic: numerical value describing something of interest about a population or sample. Stats canada reported that in 2005 there were 3743 suicide related deaths in. Canada - this is a numerical value telling us something about the canadian pop. Statistics with an s is the field of science using empirical analysis to develop human knowledge. It"s based on statistical theory, which uses probability theory to estimate popu- lation values from collected data. In the sciences we try to understand natural phenomena, whether in the realm of the natural or the social. There"s no distinction in the scientific method" used in social vs. natural sciences. We use scientific methods to design research studies, observations, and experi- ments to provide us with quantitative data. Stats are used to analyze quantitative data and draw conclusions. Population: total collection of cases you"re interested in investigating ex. all canadians, all cancer patients, all grade 5 students in an area.
