OPENSTAX 2E Chapter 2

Vocabulary Chapter 2

Topic A Pre Course Skills 
Topic 1 Data 
Topic 2 Samples and Sampling Methods
Topic 3 Descriptive Statistics
Topic 4 Data Displays and Representations
Topic 5 Probability
Topic 6 Discrete Random Variables
Topic 7 Continuous Random Variables
Topic 8 Distributions
Topic 9 Confidence Intervals ​

A

  • Average
  • Arithmetic Mean

B

  • Blinding

C

  • Categorical Variable
  • Cluster Sampling
  • ​Continuous Random Variable
  • ​Control Group
  • ​Convenience Sampling
  • ​Continuous Data
  • ​Cumulative Frequency
  • ​Cumulative Relative Frequency​

D

  • Data
  • Discrete Data
  • Double Blind Experiment

E

  • Experimental Unit
  • ​​Explanatory Variable

F

  • Frequency

G

H

I

  • Informed Consent
  • ​​Institutional Review Board

J

K

L

  • Lurking Variable

M

  • mean

N

  • Nonsampling Error
  • Numerical Variable

O

P

  • Parameter
  • Placebo
  • Population
  • Probability
  • Proportion

Q

  • Qualitative Data
  • ​​Quantitative Data

R

  • Random Assignment
  • Random Sampling
  • ​Relative Frequency
  • ​Representative Sample
  • ​​Response Variable

S

  • Sample
  • Sampling Error
  • ​Sampling with Replacement
  • Sampling without Replacement
  • Simple Random Sampling
  • Statistic
  • Stratified Sampling
  • ​​Systematic Sampling

T

  • Treatments

U

V

  • Variable

W

X

Y

Z