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APreviewofBusinessStatisticstoaccompanyIntroductiontoBusinessStatisticsfourthedition,byRonaldM.WeiersPresentationbyPriscillaChaffe-Stengel DonaldN.Stengel ?2002TheWadsworthGroupChapter1-KeyTermsCollection,summarization,analysis,andreportingofnumericalfindingsStatistics-TwoUsagesA.ThestudyofstatisticsB.Statisticsasreportedsamplemeasures1.Descriptive2.Inferential?2002TheWadsworthGroupChapter1-KeyTerms

InferentialStatisticsTypesofVariablesQualitativeVariablesAttributes,categoriesExamples:male/female,registeredtovote/not,ethnicity,eyecolor....QuantitativeVariablesDiscrete-usuallytakeonintegervaluesbutcantakeonfractionswhenvariableallows-counts,howmanyContinuous-cantakeonanyvalueatanypointalonganinterval-measurements,howmuch?2002TheWadsworthGroupExample:TypesofVariables

Problem1.16Foreachofthefollowing,indicatewhethertheappropriatevariablewouldbequalitativeorquantitative.Ifthevariableisquantitative,indicatewhetheritwouldbediscreteorcontinuous.?2002TheWadsworthGroupProblem1.16a)WhetheryouownanRCAColortraktelevisionsetb)Yourstatusasafull-timeorapart-timestudentc)Numberofpeoplewhoattendedyourschool’sgraduationlastyearQualitativeVariabletwolevels:yes/nonomeasurementQualitativeVariabletwolevels:full/partnomeasurementQuantitative,DiscreteVariableacountablenumberonlywholenumbers?2002TheWadsworthGroupProblem1.16,continuedd)Thepriceofyourmostrecenthaircute)Sam’straveltimefromhisdormtotheStudentUnionQuantitative,DiscreteVariableacountablenumberonlywholenumbersQuantitative,ContinuousVariableanynumbertimeismeasuredcantakeonanyvaluegreaterthanzero?2002TheWadsworthGroupProblem1.16,continuedf)Thenumberofstudentsoncampuswhobelongtoasocialfraternityo