Basic Statistics Glossary 0.0 / 5 ? Veterinary ScienceSystems and Investigative Biology Epidemiology and Statistics UniversityOther Created by: Grace ThoroughgoodCreated on: 08-03-16 23:58 Biostatistics Statistics applied to the living world. 1 of 13 Biometry The measurement of quantities in the living world. Often used as a synonym to biostatistics. 2 of 13 Descriptive Statistics To organise, summarise and present the data in a useful format using graphical and numerical techniques. 3 of 13 Inferential Statistics To draw conclusions or inferences about a population based on data obtained from a sample of that population. 4 of 13 Hypothesis Testing To answer a particular research question or test a hypothesis about the population. 5 of 13 Deviations Differences between each observation and the mean. 6 of 13 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. 7 of 13 Probability distribution A description of the possible values of a random variable and of the probability of occurrence of these values. 8 of 13 Discrete probability distribution When the random variable can only take a finite set of possible values. 9 of 13 Binomial Distribution Describes the probability of a characteristic that can only take two values. 10 of 13 Continuous probability distribution When the random variable is continuous, taking an infinite set of values within a range. 11 of 13 Random Variable A variable which can take different values with given probabilities. 12 of 13 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. 13 of 13
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