EXPERIMENT
INVESTIGATION OR A PROCEDURE THAT HAS VARYING RESULTS
OUTCOMES
POSSIBLE RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT
PROBABILITY
NUMBER THAT MEASURES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE EVENT WILL OCCUR
EVENT
A COLLECTION OF ONE OR MORE OUTCOMESFAVORABLE OUTCOMES: OUTCOME OF A SPECIFIC EVENT
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY
PROBABILITY THAT IS BASED ON REPEATED TRIALS
COMPOUND EVENT
TWO OR MORE EVENTS
INDEPENDENT EVENT
OCCURRENCE OF ONE EVENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT ANOTHER EVENT WILL OCCUR
DEPENDENT EVENT
OCCURRENCE OF ONE EVENT DOES AFFECT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT ANOTHER EVENT WILL OCCUR
SAMPLE SPACE
SET OF ALL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF ONE OR MORE EVENTS
POPULATION
COMPLETE SET OF ITEMS OR PEOPLE BEING STUDIED
INFERENCE
JUDGMENT MADE BY INTERPRETING DATA
SAMPLE POPULATION
PART OF THE WHOLE POPULATION
BIASED SAMPLE
SAMPLE THAT DOES NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE POPULATION
CONVENIENCE SAMPLING
SAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EASY TO REACH
SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING
METH0D IN WHICH YOU CHOOSE EVERY NTH MEMBER OF THE POPULATION
RANDOM SAMPLING
METHOD IN WHICH EVERY MEMBER OF THE POPULATION HAS A CHANCE OF BEING SELECTED
MEASURE OF VARIABILITY
DATA SET DESCRIBES THE WAY THAT ITS DATA VALUES ARE SPREAD OUT OVER ALL POSSIBLE VALUES
MEASURE OF CENTER
SINGLE, CENTRAL VALUE THAT SUMMARIZES A SET OF DATA
DISTRIBUTION
DESCRIBES HOW MUCH THE ITEMS IN A DATA SET DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER
COMPARATIVE INFERENCE
INTERPRETING AND COMPARING TWO SETS OF DATA
MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION
INDICATES HOW FAR AWAY AND IN WHICH DIRECTION A DATA VALUE IS FROM THE MEAN. IT CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE