Statistics Exam 1 Study Guide

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The exam will be given on February 22 and will cover chapters 1-4 of the text. Make sure you are familiar with the following set of terms and concepts:
Statistic(s) Population
Sample Elementary unit
Internal validity External validity
quantitative population qualitative population
raw data grouped data
Random experiment Sample space
Outcome Event
frequency distribution histogram
Probability Probability distribution curve
Normal (probability) distribution Symmetric distribution
Negatively skewed dist Positively skewed dist
Percentile Law of large numbers
Proportions under normal curve
for standard deviation=+/- 1,2,3
Mean Median
Mode Modal class
Range Mean deviation=0
Variability or Dispersion Central tendency
Variance Standard deviation
Sample standard deviation Population standard deviation
Z-score Chebyshev's theorem

Make sure you understand how to do the following types of calculations
- a formula list and normal table will be provided:
Frequency distribution (tally chart) - histogram
Mean - Median - Mode
Variance and Standard deviation - Population and Sample
Probabilities under the normal curve (using normal table)
Percentiles for a normal distribution (inverse of normal table)

Last Updated on 2/8/2000
By Roger Olson