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STAT 1602 Introductory Statistics

STAT 1602 introduces the fundamentals of statistics, covering descriptive and inferential statistics, data collection methods, measures of central tendency and dispersion, regression and correlation analysis. It includes practice questions to reinforce understanding of key concepts such as mean, median, mode, variance, and linear relationships. The course provides a comprehensive overview of statistical methods and their applications.

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STAT 1602 Introductory Statistics

STAT 1602 introduces the fundamentals of statistics, covering descriptive and inferential statistics, data collection methods, measures of central tendency and dispersion, regression and correlation analysis. It includes practice questions to reinforce understanding of key concepts such as mean, median, mode, variance, and linear relationships. The course provides a comprehensive overview of statistical methods and their applications.

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STAT 1602: Introductory Statistics

1. Definition and Overview of Statistics

Statistics is the discipline of collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data.

It divides into:

- Descriptive statistics: summarize data (mean, median, mode, charts).

- Inferential statistics: make predictions from samples (hypothesis testing, confidence intervals).

Practice Questions:

1. Define descriptive and inferential statistics. Give an example.

2. Why use a sample over a full population?

3. List two measures of central tendency and two of dispersion.

2. Methods of Data Collection

Two main methods:

- Questionnaires: written surveys, efficient but risk low responses.

- Interviews: verbal data collection, richer but costlier.

Practice Questions:

1. Give one advantage of questionnaires and interviews.

2. When is an interview better than a questionnaire?

3. Would you use a questionnaire or interview for app feedback? Why?

3. Measures of Central Tendency


- Mean: average = sum / count.

- Median: middle value (or average of two middles if even-sized data).

- Mode: most frequent value.

Practice Questions:

1. Compute mean, median, mode of {2, 3, 3, 5, 8, 10}.

2. When is median better than mean?

3. What is the mode in {"red", "blue", "blue", "green", "red", "blue"}?

4. Measures of Dispersion

- Mean deviation: average of absolute differences from mean.

- Variance: average of squared differences from mean.

- Standard deviation: square root of variance.

Practice Questions:

1. Compute variance and SD of {5, 7, 7, 9, 10}.

2. What does a larger SD mean?

3. How do you compute mean deviation?

5. Measures of Position

- Quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3): divide data into four.

- Deciles: ten parts.

- Percentiles: hundred parts.


Practice Questions:

1. Find Q1, median, Q3 for {10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80}.

2. What does 90th percentile mean?

3. What does an 80th percentile score mean?

6. Regression Analysis

- Linear regression: y = a + bx.

- a: y-intercept, b: slope (rate of change).

Practice Questions:

1. Interpret y = 30 + 2x in terms of study hours vs. test score.

2. What if slope is negative in salary vs. experience?

3. What does the y-intercept mean?

7. Correlation Analysis

- Pearson r: measures linear relationship (-1 to 1).

- r > 0: positive, r < 0: negative, r = 0: no linear correlation.

Practice Questions:

1. What does r = 0.85 mean?

2. Give examples of variables with positive, negative, and zero correlation.

3. Compute r for x = {1,2,3}, y = {2,4,6}.

8. Ratios, Rates, and Index Numbers


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