Lecture 1 Basic Statistics
Lecture 1 Basic Statistics
Lecture 1 Basic Statistics
Lecture 1
Some people simply forgot to return the survey. Your survey didn't
reach all members in your sample. For example, email invites might
have disappeared into the Spam folder, or the code used in the email
may not have rendered properly on certain devices (like cell phones).
Measurement error
Quiz
1. The science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data to assist
in making more effective decisions is referred to as ____________.
A. Sample
B. Population
C. Statistics
D. Non-response bias
2. Methods of organizing, summarizing, and
presenting data in an enlightening way are called
E. Inferential statistics
F. Descriptive Statistics
G. Selection Bias
H. Measurement Error
3. A portion, or part, of the group of interest is referred to as a(an)
A. Sample
B. Observational study
C. Population
D. Variable
4. The entire set of individuals or objects of interest or the measurements obtained from all
individuals or objects of interest is known as a (an)
E. Sample
F. People
G. Summary statistics
H. Population
5. The number of bedrooms in a house is a
I. Discrete variable
J. Continuous variable
1. Statistics
2. Descriptive Statistics
3. Sample
4. Population
5. Discrete variables
Primary:
• Elementary Statistics (13th Edition) (PDF) by Mario F. Triola | Pearson
• McClave et. al. Statistics for Business and Economics (ch. 1,2)
Secondary:
• Mittelhammer, R. Mathematical Statistics for Economics and Business, 2nd edition,
Springer, 2013.
• Peck, R., C. Olsen & J. Devore. Introduction to Statistics & Data Analysis, 4th edition,
Brooks/Cole, 2012.
• Ross, S. Introductory Statistics, 3rd edition, Academic Press, 2010.
• Woodbury, G. An Introduction to Statistics, Duxbury, 2002.