BrainMass Quizzes Terms and Definitions for Statistics This quiz covers basic terms and definitions of statistics. 1 Methods used to summarize, analyze, or make inferences from data. Research Statistics Science Equations 2 Systematic process of collecting and logically analyzing information for some purpose. Scientific exploration Deduction Research Theories 3 Show relationship, NOT causation, between variables. Statistics Correlation Math Psychology 4 The total set of individuals of interest. Population Sample Test Problems 5 The variables which are manipulated. The control Dependent variables Independent variables Variance 6 The variables that measured or observed for change. The control Dependent variables Independent variables Variance 7 The observations gathered from an experiment, survey or observational study. Theories Hypotheses Statistics Data 8 The number of times that a particular value occurs as an observation. Frequency Duration Graph Equation 9 The average. Mean Median Mode Math 10 The most frequently occurring value in set of data. Mean Median Mode Math Submit Quiz
