text
stringlengths
2
2.33k
source
stringclasses
826 values
The standard deviation can help you calculate the spread of data. There are different equations to use if are calculating the standard deviation of a sample or of a population.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-chapter-review
The Standard Deviation allows us to compare individual data or classes to the data set mean numerically.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-chapter-review
s=∑​(x−x¯)2n−1∑​(x−x¯)2n−1ors=∑​f(x−x¯)2n−1∑​f(x−x¯)2n−1is the formula for calculating the standard deviation of a sample. To calculate the standard deviation of a population, we would use the population mean,μ, and the formulaσ=∑​(x−μ)2N∑​(x−μ)2Norσ=∑​f(x−μ)2...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-chapter-review
i=(k100)(n+1)i=(k100)(n+1)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
wherei= the ranking or position of a data value,
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
k= the kth percentile,
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
n= total number of data.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
Expression for finding the percentile of a data value:(x+0.5yn)(x+0.5yn)(100)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
wherex= the number of values counting from the bottom of the data list up to but not including the data value for which you want to find the percentile,
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
y= the number of data values equal to the data value for which you want to find the percentile,
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
n= total number of data
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
μ=∑fm∑fμ=∑fm∑fWheref= interval frequencies andm= interval midpoints.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
sx=∑fm2n−x¯2sx=∑fm2n−x¯2wheresx=sample standard deviationx¯= sample meansx=sample standard deviationx¯= sample mean
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-formula-review
Box plot : a graph that gives a quick picture of the middle 50% of the data
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
First Quartile : the value that is the median of the of the lower half of the ordered data set
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Frequency : the number of times a value of the data occurs
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Frequency Polygon : looks like a line graph but uses intervals to display ranges of large amounts of data
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Frequency Table : a data representation in which grouped data is displayed along with the corresponding frequencies
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Histogram : a graphical representation inx-yform of the distribution of data in a data set;xrepresents the data andyrepresents the frequency, or relative frequency. The graph consists of contiguous rectangles.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Interquartile Range : orIQR, is the range of the middle 50 percent of the data values; theIQRis found by subtracting the first quartile from the third quartile.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Interval : also called a class interval; an interval represents a range of data and is used when displaying large data sets
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Mean : a number that measures the central tendency of the data; a common name for mean is 'average.' The term 'mean' is a shortened form of 'arithmetic mean.' By definition, the mean for a sample (denoted byx¯x¯) isx¯=Sum of all values in the sampleNumber of values in the samplex¯=Sum of all values in the sampleNum...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Median : a number that separates ordered data into halves; half the values are the same number or smaller than the median and half the values are the same number or larger than the median. The median may or may not be part of the data.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Midpoint : the mean of an interval in a frequency table
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Mode : the value that appears most frequently in a set of data
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Outlier : an observation that does not fit the rest of the data
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Paired Data Set : two data sets that have a one to one relationship so that:both data sets are the same size, andeach data point in one data set is matched with exactly one point from the other set.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Percentile : a number that divides ordered data into hundredths; percentiles may or may not be part of the data. The median of the data is the second quartile and the 50thpercentile. The first and third quartiles are the 25thand the 75thpercentiles, respectively.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Quartiles : the numbers that separate the data into quarters; quartiles may or may not be part of the data. The second quartile is the median of the data.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Relative Frequency : the ratio of the number of times a value of the data occurs in the set of all outcomes to the number of all outcomes
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Skewed : used to describe data that is not symmetrical; when the right side of a graph looks “chopped off” compared the left side, we say it is “skewed to the left.” When the left side of the graph looks “chopped off” compared to the right side, we say the data is “skewed to the right.” Alternatively: w...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Standard Deviation : a number that is equal to the square root of the variance and measures how far data values are from their mean; notation:sfor sample standard deviation and σ for population standard deviation.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
Variance : mean of the squared deviations from the mean, or the square of the standard deviation; for a set of data, a deviation can be represented asx–x¯x¯wherexis a value of the data andx¯x¯is the sample mean. The sample variance is equal to the sum of the squares of the deviations divided by the difference of ...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/2-key-terms
In this module we learned the basic terminology of probability. The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called the sample space. Events are subsets of the sample space, and they are assigned a probability that is a number between zero and one, inclusive.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
Two eventsAandBare independent if the knowledge that one occurred does not affect the chance the other occurs. If two events are not independent, then we say that they are dependent.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
In sampling with replacement, each member of a population is replaced after it is picked, so that member has the possibility of being chosen more than once, and the events are considered to be independent. In sampling without replacement, each member of a population may be chosen only once, and the events are considere...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
The multiplication rule and the addition rule are used for computing the probability ofAandB, as well as the probability ofAorBfor two given eventsA,Bdefined on the sample space. In sampling with replacement each member of a population is replaced after it is picked, so that member has the possibility of being chosen m...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
There are several tools you can use to help organize and sort data when calculating probabilities. Contingency tables help display data and are particularly useful when calculating probabilites that have multiple dependent variables.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
A tree diagram use branches to show the different outcomes of experiments and makes complex probability questions easy to visualize.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
A Venn diagram is a picture that represents the outcomes of an experiment. It generally consists of a box that represents the sample spaceStogether with circles or ovals. The circles or ovals represent events. A Venn diagram is especially helpful for visualizing the OR event, the AND event, and the complement of an eve...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-chapter-review
AandBare events
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
P(S) = 1 whereSis the sample space
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
0 ≤P(A) ≤ 1
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
P(A|B) =P(AANDB)P(B)P(AANDB)P(B)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
IfAandBare independent,P(AANDB) =P(A)P(B),P(A|B) =P(A) andP(B|A) =P(B).
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
IfAandBare mutually exclusive,P(AORB) =P(A) +P(B) andP(AANDB) = 0.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
The multiplication rule:P(AANDB) =P(A|B)P(B)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
The addition rule:P(AORB) =P(A) +P(B) -P(AANDB)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-formula-review
AND Event : An outcome is in the eventAANDBif the outcome is in bothAANDBat the same time.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Complement Event : The complement of eventAconsists of all outcomes that are NOT inA.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Conditional Probability : the likelihood that an event will occur given that another event has already occurred
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Conditional Probability ofAGIVENB : P(A|B) is the probability that eventAwill occur given that the eventBhas already occurred.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Conditional Probability of One Event Given Another Event : P(A|B) is the probability that eventAwill occur given that the eventBhas already occurred.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
contingency table : the method of displaying a frequency distribution as a table with rows and columns to show how two variables may be dependent (contingent) upon each other; the table provides an easy way to calculate conditional probabilities.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Dependent Events : If two events are NOT independent, then we say that they are dependent.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Equally Likely : Each outcome of an experiment has the same probability.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Event : a subset of the set of all outcomes of an experiment; the set of all outcomes of an experiment is called asample spaceand is usually denoted byS. An event is an arbitrary subset inS. It can contain one outcome, two outcomes, no outcomes (empty subset), the entire sample space, and the like. Standard notations f...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Experiment : a planned activity carried out under controlled conditions
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Independent Events : The occurrence of one event has no effect on the probability of the occurrence of another event. EventsAandBare independent if one of the following is true:P(A|B) =P(A)P(B|A) =P(B)P(AANDB) =P(A)P(B)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Mutually Exclusive : Two events are mutually exclusive if the probability that they both happen at the same time is zero. If eventsAandBare mutually exclusive, thenP(AANDB) = 0.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Or Event : An outcome is in the eventAORBif the outcome is inAor is inBor is in bothAandB.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Outcome : a particular result of an experiment
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Probability : a number between zero and one, inclusive, that gives the likelihood that a specific event will occur; the foundation of statistics is given by the following 3 axioms (by A.N. Kolmogorov, 1930’s): LetSdenote the sample space andAandBare two events inS. Then:0 ≤P(A) ≤ 1IfAandBare any two mutually excl...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Sample Space : the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Tree Diagram : the useful visual representation of a sample space and events in the form of a “tree” with branches marked by possible outcomes together with associated probabilities (frequencies, relative frequencies)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
Venn Diagram : the visual representation of a sample space and events in the form of circles or ovals showing their intersections
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/3-key-terms
The characteristics of a probability distribution function (PDF) for a discrete random variable are as follows:
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
Each probability is between zero and one, inclusive (inclusivemeans to include zero and one).
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The sum of the probabilities is one.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The expected value, or mean, of a discrete random variable predicts the long-term results of a statistical experiment that has been repeated many times. The standard deviation of a probability distribution is used to measure the variability of possible outcomes.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
A statistical experiment can be classified as a binomial experiment if the following conditions are met:
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
There are a fixed number of trials,n.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
There are only two possible outcomes, called "success" and, "failure" for each trial. The letterpdenotes the probability of a success on one trial andqdenotes the probability of a failure on one trial.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
Thentrials are independent and are repeated using identical conditions.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The outcomes of a binomial experiment fit a binomial probability distribution. The random variableX= the number of successes obtained in thenindependent trials. The mean ofXcan be calculated using the formulaμ=np, and the standard deviation is given by the formula σ =npqnpq.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
There are three characteristics of a geometric experiment:
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
There are one or more Bernoulli trials with all failures except the last one, which is a success.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
In theory, the number of trials could go on forever. There must be at least one trial.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The probability,p, of a success and the probability,q, of a failure are the same for each trial.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
In a geometric experiment, define the discrete random variableXas the number of independent trials until the first success. We say that X has a geometric distribution and writeX~G(p) wherepis the probability of success in a single trial.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The mean of the geometric distributionX~G(p) isμ=1p1pand the standard deviation isσ(1−p)p2σ(1−p)p2=1p(1p−1)1p(1p−1).
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
Ahypergeometric experimentis a statistical experiment with the following properties:
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
You take samples from two groups.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
You are concerned with a group of interest, called the first group.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
You sample without replacement from the combined groups.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
Each pick is not independent, since sampling is without replacement.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
You are not dealing with Bernoulli Trials.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
The outcomes of a hypergeometric experiment fit a hypergeometric probability distribution. The random variableX= the number of items from the group of interest. The distribution ofXis denotedX~H(r,b,n), wherer= the size of the group of interest (first group),b= the size of the second group, andn= the size of the chosen...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
APoisson probability distributionof a discrete random variable gives the probability of a number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, if these events happen at a known average rate and independently of the time since the last event. The Poisson distribution may be used to approximate the binomial, ...
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-chapter-review
Mean or Expected Value:μ=∑​x∈XxP(x)μ=∑​x∈XxP(x)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
Standard Deviation:σ=∑​x∈X(x−μ)2P(x)σ=∑​x∈X(x−μ)2P(x)
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
X~B(n,p) means that the discrete random variableXhas a binomial probability distribution withntrials and probability of successp.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
X= the number of successes innindependent trials
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
n= the number of independent trials
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
Xtakes on the valuesx= 0, 1, 2, 3, ...,n
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
p= the probability of a success for any trial
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
q= the probability of a failure for any trial
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
p+q= 1
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
q= 1 –p
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review
The mean ofXisμ=np. The standard deviation ofXisσ=npqnpq.
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics-2e/pages/4-formula-review