AP Stats Unit 1 Vocab

Statistics

The science and art of collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data

Individual

An object described in a set of data. Individuals can be people, animals, or things.

Variable

An attribute that can take different values for different individuals

Categorical Variable

Assigns labels that place each individual into a particular group, called a category

Quantitative Variable

Assigns labels that place each individual into a particular group, called a catgory

Distribution

Tells us what values a variable takes and how often it takes those values

Population

Overall group you’re using/taking samples from

Sample

A small part of the population that you collect data from