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🎲Intro to Statistics
Key Terms

211 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Statistics exam

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ext{sigma}_{ar{x}}
\hat{p}
\hat{p}_1 - \hat{p}_2
25th Percentile
50th Percentile
75th percentile
90th Percentile

A

Absolute value of a residual
Adjusted R-Squared
Arithmetic Average
Asymptotic Normality

B

Balanced design
Bimodal distribution
Binomial test

C

Cauchy Distribution
Cell Frequency
Central tendency
Chebyshev's Rule
Chi-square Test Statistic
Coefficient of Variation
Cohen's d
Contingency Analysis
Contingency Coefficient
Continuous Variables
Control Charts
Cook's Distance
Count Data
Cramer's V
Critical F-value
Critical Region
Cumulative Distribution Function
Cumulative distribution function (CDF)
Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
Cumulative frequency
Cumulative Relative Frequency
Cumulative relative frequency
Cyclical Pattern

D

Data classification
Data Distribution
Data Point
Decision Rule

E

Equally likely
Eta-Squared
Experimental Probability
Experimenter Bias
External Validity
Extrapolation
Extrapolation

F

Factorial
Finite Population Correction
Finite Population Correction Factor
Fisher Transformation
Fisher's exact test
Folded F-test
Fundamental Counting Principle

G

Gamma Distribution
Grand Mean

H

Hazard Function
Heavy-Tailed Distribution
Heteroscedasticity
Hypothesized Distribution

I

I.i.d.
Independence Assumption
Independent Samples Test
Influential Point
Intensity Function
Interarrival Time
Interpolation
Interpolation
Interval Width

J

Jackknife Resampling
John Tukey

K

Kruskal-Wallis Test

L

Left-Tailed Test
Level of Significance