Conditional Probability What is conditional probability? Conditional?probability?is where the probability of an?event?happening can vary depending on the outcome of a prior event The event?A?happen...
Probability Basics What key words and terminology are used with probability? An?experiment?is a repeatable activity that has a result that can be observed or recorded Trials?are what we call the re...
Linear Regression What is linear regression? If?strong linear correlation?exists on a scatter diagram then the data can be modelled by a?linear model Drawing lines of best fit by eye is not the bes...
PMCC What is Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient? Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (PMCC) is a way of giving a numerical value to a?linear relationship?of bivariate dat...
Scatter Diagrams What does bivariate data mean? Bivariate data?is data which is collected on?two variables?and looks at how one of the factors affects the other Each data value from one variable wi...
Interpreting Data How do I interpret statistical measures? The?mode?is useful for?qualitative data It is not as useful for quantitative data as there is not always a unique mode The?mean includes a...
Univariate data is data that is in?one variable. Box Plots What is a box plot (box and whisker diagram)? A box plot is a graph that clearly shows key statistics from a data set It shows the?median,...
Outliers What are outliers? Outliers are extreme data values that do not fit with the rest of the data They are either a lot bigger or a lot smaller than the rest of the data Outliers are defined a...
Linear Transformations of Data Why are linear transformations of data used? Sometimes data might be very large or very small You can apply a?linear transformation?to the data to make the values mor...
