Statistic characteristic of a sample Parameter characteristic of a population Population the entire collection of what is to be studied Sample a subset of a population

tion Sampling frame the list from which the sample is drawn Data Classes: 1) Categorical (Qualitative) a) Nominal b) Ordinal 2) Quantitative a) Discrete result of a count b) Continuous result of measurement Measure range 1) Mean 2) Median 3) Trimmed Mean Measure spread 1) Standard deviation 2) Variance 3) Coffienent of the variance 4) IQR 5) range EX: 0 5 7 = 4 sample mean standard deviation measures on average how far are the data values from the mean