SOC202H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Interquartile Range, Frequency Distribution, Central Tendency
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Descriptive statistics describes some aspect of the world as a single variable (univariate) and how things are related (bivariate/multivariate) Statistics set of mathematical techniques used by social scientist to organize and manipulate data for the purpose of answering questions and testing theories: basic concepts of statistics are cases, population, sample and variables. Inferential statistics uses information from a sample to make inferences about a population. Mode of travel to class (walking, ttc, bike, car, other) Level of interest in statistics ( i already hate it ; i"m ok with it ; This is actually better than i thought it would be ) Discrete variable is discrete if it has a basic unit of measurement that cannot be subdivided (ex. Number of people per household you will never have 2. 7 people) Continuous variable is continuous if it can be subdivided (time can be measures in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
