Statistics 1000 - Midterm Review

Statistics 1000 - Midterm Review

<p>Statistics 1000 - Midterm Review</p><p>To study for the Midterm you should review all of the follow:</p><p>1. homework 2. quizzes and class questions 3. class notes 4. chapters 1-5</p><p>The Midterm will be closed book and closed class notes. You may bring in 3 pages of 8.5x11 paper with your summary notes, both sides.</p><p>Here is a list of some of the topics to review. Other topics may be on the exam as this is a partial list of what is important for the Midterm.</p><p>Study all of the 3 bullet points on the syllabus.</p><p> Statistical Concepts: population, sample, variability, distribution, statistical reasoning  Types of Data: quantitative, qualitative  Descriptive Statistics: graphical methods (pie chart, bar graph, stem-plot, histogram, scatterplots) and numerical methods (mean, median, mode, percentiles, quantiles, variance, standard deviation, IQR)</p><p>Ch. 1  5 number summary</p><p>Ch. 2  Types of data  Graphical presentations  Numerical calculations o Be sure you know how to compute the mean and standard deviation of a list of numbers o When asked about which is better, the mean and standard deviation or the 5 number summary, you need to ask yourself if there are outliers in the data. If no, the use mean and standard deviation, if yes use the 5 number summary.  Symmetric versus skewed right or left  Empirical rule, z-scores</p><p>Ch. 3 & 4  Review your lists of important words.</p><p>Ch. 5  Scatterplots, Correlation, Linear Regression</p>

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