Probability and Statistics Glossary - Week 1, Spring 2005 - Prof. Deborah S. Hosler, Assignments of Statistics

Download Probability and Statistics Glossary - Week 1, Spring 2005 - Prof. Deborah S. Hosler and more Assignments Statistics in PDF only on Docsity! MATH-1530- 5/8/12/13 Probability and Statistics Week 1/Spring 2005 Learning statistics is quite like learning a foreign language. Here is a list of just some of the terms and symbols that are introduced during the course of the semester. It may help you to print out this list and jot down the meanings of terms as you come across them in lectures and in reading the text. Then keep the list in a handy place so that you can reference it as needed. GLOSSARY OF TERMS Data: Individual: Variable: Observation: Categorical variable: Quantitative variable: Distribution: Count (noun): Proportion: Deviation: Symmetric: Skewed right: Skewed left: Center: Spread: Outlier: Bar chart: Pie chart: Histogram: Stem-and-leaf plot: Time plot: Mean: Median: Five-number summary: Boxplot: Standard deviation: Variance: Resistant measure: Sample: Population: Statistic: Parameter: Descriptive Statistics: Inferential Statistics: NOTATION GLOSSARY (Give basic definitions of these statistical and mathematical symbols/abbreviations and, when applicable, indicate whether the symbol refers to a population parameter or a sample statistic.)