Basic Statistics Glossary

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Biostatistics
Statistics applied to the living world.
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Biometry
The measurement of quantities in the living world. Often used as a synonym to biostatistics.
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Descriptive Statistics
To organise, summarise and present the data in a useful format using graphical and numerical techniques.
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Inferential Statistics
To draw conclusions or inferences about a population based on data obtained from a sample of that population.
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Hypothesis Testing
To answer a particular research question or test a hypothesis about the population.
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Deviations
Differences between each observation and the mean.
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Probability
The probability that an event will happen is the proportion of times that we would observe it if we repeated the experiment a large number of times.
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Probability distribution
A description of the possible values of a random variable and of the probability of occurrence of these values.
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Discrete probability distribution
When the random variable can only take a finite set of possible values.
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Binomial Distribution
Describes the probability of a characteristic that can only take two values.
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Continuous probability distribution
When the random variable is continuous, taking an infinite set of values within a range.
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Random Variable
A variable which can take different values with given probabilities.
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Sampling
The process of selecting elements from a population in order to construct a subset (sample) to be used for making inferences about the population.
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The measurement of quantities in the living world. Often used as a synonym to biostatistics.

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Biometry

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To organise, summarise and present the data in a useful format using graphical and numerical techniques.

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To draw conclusions or inferences about a population based on data obtained from a sample of that population.

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To answer a particular research question or test a hypothesis about the population.

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