Data and Results TBL

Week 3

Variables

A person, place, thing or phenomenon that you are trying to measure in some way

Accuracy

How close a set of measurements are to the true value

Precision

How close a set of measurements of the same variable are to each other

Repeatability

The variation in successive measurements of the same variable taken under the same conditions

Descriptive statistics

Tables, diagrams, numerical measures

Inferential statistics

Drawing conclusions about a population
using information from a representative
sample
• Estimation of effect in population
• Hypothesis testing – is the
hypothesis about the population
supported or refuted by the sample
data decision

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