[SOCI 311] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 29 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Define statistics: techniques for the reduction of quantitative data to a small number of mor descriptive terms. Make statements about a population based on a sample. Dependent: want to explain variation (outcome caused by independent. 8. r of more convenient and actice problems. Basic unit that can"t be divided. (number of pets) Used to classify, denote different categories without rank. E. g different temperature scales have different "zeroes", therefore they are. E. g. number of hours of tv watched - definite zero is possible. Know: sample vs population, inferential vs descriptive, statistics vs parameter, continuous vs ordinal vs interval vs ratio. Ordinal a. b. c. d. e. f. g. C hey are interval nuous vs discrete, nomina (2) data organization. How typical one event occurs vs. not occurring. Left column: possible responses, right column: number in each category. % = percentage for each interval cf = cumulative frequency. Total number of cases having any given score or lower c% = cumulative percentage.
