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Population

The whole set of items that are of interest

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Census

Observes or measures every member of a population

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Sample

A selection of observations taken from a subset of the population which is used to find out information about the population as a whole

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Census - Adv & Disadv

Adv

  • Completely accurate

Disadv

  • Time consuming & expensive

  • Cannot be used when the testing process destroys the item

  • Hard to process large quantity of data

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Sample - Adv & Disadv

Adv

  • Less time consuming & less expensive than a census

  • Fewer people have to respond

  • Less data to process than in a census

Disadv

  • Data may not be as accurate

  • May not be large enough to reflect about subsets in population

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Sampling units

Individual units of a population

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Sampling frame

Sampling units of a population individually named or numbered to form a list

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Simple random sampling

Number the list from 001 to ______ Select x random numbers using random number generator Ignore repeats Continue until you have x numbers Select corresponding items from the data sheet

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Systematic sampling

The required elements are chosen at regular intervals from an ordered list

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Stratified sampling

The population is divided into mutually exclusive strata and a random sample is taken from each

  • proportion of each strata sampled should be the same

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Stratified sampling formula

The number sampled in a stratum = (number in stratum / number in population) x overall sample size

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Simple random sampling - Adv & Disadv

Adv

  • Free of bias

  • Easy & cheap to implement for small populations and small samples

  • Each sampling unit has a known and equal chance of selection

Disadv

  • Not suitable when the population size or the sample size is large

  • A sampling frame is needed

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Systematic sampling - Adv & Disadv

Adv

  • Simple and quick to use

  • Suitable for large samples and large populations

Disadv

  • A sampling frame is needed

  • It can introduce bias if the sampling frame is not random

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Stratified sampling - Adv & Disadv

Adv

  • Sample accurately reflects the population structure

  • Guarantees proportional representation of groups within a population

Disadv

  • Population must be clearly classified into distinct strata

  • Not suitable when the population size or the sample size is large

  • A sampling frame is needed

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Quota sampling

How many members of each group you wish to sample is decided in advance and opportunity sampling is used until you have a large enough sample for each group

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Opportunity sampling

Consists of taking the sample from people who are available at the time the study is carried out and who fit the criteria you are looking for

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Quantitative variable

Data associated with numerical observations

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Qualitative variable

Data associated with non-numerical observations

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Mode / Modal class

-Qualitative and quantitative data -The value or class that occurs most often -Not informative if each value occurs once

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Median (Q2)

-((n+1)/2)th term -The middle value when the data values are put in order -Quantitative data -Not affected by extreme values

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Mean (x̄)

-Average of values -Quantitative data -Uses all data -Affected by extreme values

x̄= Σx / n

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Mean (frequency table)

x̄ = Σxf / Σf x = midpoint of each class interval

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Lower quartile

Is one-quarter of the way through the data set

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Upper quartile

Is three-quarters of the way through the data set

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Calculator

Menu 2 List 1 - Values List 2 - Frequencies F2 (CALC) 1VAR

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Interpolation

Make predictions of dependent variable withing the range if given data

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Extrapolation

Make predictions of dependent variable outside range of given valies(not as accurate)

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Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in the data set

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Interquartile range

The difference between the upper quartile and the lower quartile, Q₃ - Q₁

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Interpercentile range

The difference between the values for two given percentiles

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Variance

σ² = Σ(x - x̄)² / n σ² = (Σx² / n) - (Σx/n)²

'the mean of the squares minus the square of the mean'

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Standard deviation

Square root of the variance σ = √(Σ(x - x̄)² / n) σ = √((Σx² / n) - (Σx/n)²)

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Variance (frequency table)

σ² = Σf(x - x̄)² / Σf = (Σfx² / Σf) - (Σfx / Σf)²

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Standard deviation (frequency table)

σ = √(Σf(x - x̄)² / Σf) = √((Σfx² / Σf) - (Σfx / Σf)²)

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Outlier

An extreme value that lies outside the overall pattern of the data

Greater than Q₃ : Q₃ + 1.5Q₃ - Q₁) Less than Q₁ : Q₁ - 1.5(Q₃ - Q₁)

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Keep Outlier

Outliers may indicate natural variation and is still a piece of data to keep

May be the result of errors in measuring or recording data

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Cleaning the data

Removing anomalies from a data set

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Histogram

Can be used to represent grouped continuous data

  • area of the bar is proportional to the frequency in each class

  • Can be scaled

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Histogram formulas

area of bar = k x frequency

frequency density = frequency / class width

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Frequency Polygon

Midpoint Straight Line

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Cumulative Frequency

Upper Limit Curve

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Histogram and Frequency Polygon

Join the middle of the top of each bar in the histogram to form a frequency polygon

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Comparing data

Comment on:

  • Interquartile range (less/more precise?)

  • Median (On average has a higher/lower____) -Outliers -Positively/Negatively skewed

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Strong negative correlation

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Weak negative correlation

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Weak positive correlation

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Strong positive correlation

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Correlation

Describes the nature of the linear relationship between two variables "With__outliers" "The higher the _the higher/lower the_ between ___ and ___"

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Bivariate data

Data which has pairs of values for two variables

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Regression line

Line of y on x is written in the form y = a + bx Y can be predicted from X

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Regression line interpretation

y=a+bx "If the (x in words) increases by 1 (Unit on axis) then (y in words) increases/decreases by (value of b ignore sign)(unit on axis)"

"If (x in words) is 0 (unit on axis) then (y in words) is (value of a)(unit on y axis)

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Dependent (response) Variable

Y-axis Researcher measures variable Found from x-axis

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Independent (explanatory) Variable

X-axis Researcher controls variable

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Venn diagrams

Can be used to represent events graphically

  • frequencies or probabilities can be placed in the regions of the Venn diagrams

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Intersection

A & B (A ∩ B)

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Union

A or B (A ∪ B)

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Complement

P(not A) = 1 - P(A), A'

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Mutually exclusive events

Both can't happen at the same time P(A and B) = 0 P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)

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Independent events

When one event happens, it doesn't affect the probability of the other happening P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B)

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Random variable

A variable whose value depends on the outcome of a random event

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Probability distribution

Shows all the values of a variable (x) abd their probabilities

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Probability mass function

P(X = x)

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Interval Length Equation

Amount of items in a population ÷ Sample size

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Cluster Sampling

Split the population into clusters. Select a set amount of these clusters at random then take a simple random sample from each of these clusters

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Cluster Sampling Adv & Disadv

Adv -Easy to carry out -Inexpensive Disadv -Bias -Members of the population aren't equally likely to be selected as the probability depends on size(Larger-Less likely) -Population must be divided into clusters which can be costly -Increasing scope of study increases clusters which adds time and expense

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Box Plot

Median LQ UQ Lowest value that isn't an outlier Highest value that isn't an outlier Outlier (x) Skew

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Discrete Datas

Daya that takes values which change in steps (e.g.shoe size)

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Random Variable

Variable whose value is determined by chance

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Binomial Distribution (Conditions)

  1. Binary? Trials can be classified as success/failure

  2. Independent? Trials must be independent.

  3. Number? The number of trials (n) must be fixed in advance

  4. Success? The probability of success (p) must be the same for each trial.

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Binomial Probability Formula

P(x)= (nCx) (p^x) (1-p)^n-x

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Distrubution of x

x~B(n,p) p = probability n = number of trials

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Binomial mean

Np n = number of trials p = probability

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binomial standard deviation

square root of np(1-p)

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Binomial variance

np(1-p)

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Null Hypothesis (H0)

Hypothesis you assume to be correct (H0 : p = )

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Alternative hypothesis (H1) One tailed test

Tells you about the parameter if your assumption is shown to be wrong
(H1 : p<\> not equal to )
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Reject null hypothesis

To carry out a hypothesis test, you assume the null hypothesis is true and likliness for it to occur. If the likliness is < significance level you reject null hypothesis

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significance level

Probability threshold Uaually 10% 5% 1%

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critical region

the area in the tails of the comparison distribution in which the null hypothesis can be rejected How many before we're below significance level

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Acceptance region

The region where we accept the null hypothesis

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Test the claim

1. Define X
2.X~B(n,p)
3.State H0 and H1
4.Find P(X<\=x) or P(X\>\=x)
5.Compare to significance level
6.State accept or reject H0
7.Put into context
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Test the claim (Two tailed test)

  1. Define X 2.X~B(n,p) 3.State H0 and H1 4.Find where the bias is (pn)>x/<x 5.Half significance level then compare 6.State accept or reject H0 7.Put into context

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