STEPS Statistics Glossary

Alphabetical index of entries


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

A

Addition Rule
Alternative Hypothesis
Autocorrelation

B

Bar Chart
Bayes' Theorem
Bias
Binomial Distribution
Blinding
Blocking
Box and Whisker Plot (or Boxplot)

C

Categorical Data
Central Limit Theorem
Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test
Chi-Squared Test of Association
Chi-Squared Test of Homogeneity
Cluster Sampling
Coefficient of Variation
Completely Randomised Design
Composite Hypothesis
Conditional Probability
Confidence Interval
Confidence Interval for a Mean
Confidence Interval for a Proportion
Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Two Means
Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Two Proportions
Confidence Level
Confidence Limits
Contingency Table
Continuous Data
Continuous Random Variable
Correlation Coefficient
Critical Region
Critical Value(s)
Cumulative Distribution Function
Cyclical Component

D

Differencing
Discrete Data
Discrete Random Variable
Dispersion
Dot Plot
Dummy Variable (in regression)

E

Estimate
Estimation
Estimator
Event
Expected Frequencies
Expected Value
Experiment
Experimental Design
Exponential Smoothing
Extrapolation

F

Factor
Factorial Design
Five-Number Summary
Frequency Table

G

Geometric Distribution

H

Histogram
Hypothesis Test

I

Independent Events
Independent Random Variables
Independent Samples
Interaction
Inter-Quartile Range (IQR)
Interval Scale
Irregular Component

J

K

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
Kruskal-Wallis Test

L

Law of Total Probability
Least Squares

M

Main Effect
Matched Samples
Mean (see Expected Value or Sample Mean)
Median
Mode
Moving Average Smoothing
Multiple Regression
Multiple Regression Correlation
Multiplication Rule
Mutually Exclusive Events

N

Nominal Data
Non-linear Regression
Nonparametric Tests
Normal Distribution
Null Hypothesis

O

Observed Frequencies
One-sample t-test
One-sided Test
One-way Analysis of Variance
Ordinal Data
Outcome
Outlier

P

Paired Sample t-test
Parameter
Pearson Corrleation Coefficient
Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Percentile
Pie Chart
Placebo
Poisson Distribution
Population
Power
Precision
Probability
Probability Density Function
Probability Distribution
Probability-Probability (PP) Plot
P-value

Q

Quantile
Quantile-Quantile (QQ) Plot
Quartile
Quintile
Quota Sampling

R

Random Sampling
Random Variable
Randomisation
Randomised Complete Block Design
Range
Regression Equation
Regression Line
Relative Frequency
Residual
Running Medians Smoothing
Runs Test

S

Sample
Sample Mean
Sample Space
Sample Variance
Sampling Distribution
Sampling Variability
Scatter Plot
Seasonal Component
Sign Test
Significance Level
Simple Hypothesis
Simple Linear Regression
Simple Random Sampling
Skewness
Smoothing
Spatial Sampling
Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
Standard Deviation
Standard Error
Statistic
Statistical Inference
Stem and Leaf Plot
Stepwise Regression
Stratified Sampling
Subjective Probability
Symmetry

T

Target Population
Test Statistic
Time Series
Transformation to Linearity
Transformation to Normality
Treatment
Trend Component
Two-sample t-test
Two-sided Test
Two-way Analysis of Variance
Type I Error
Type II Error

U

Uniform Distribution
Unit (experimental or sampling)

V

Variance

W

Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney Test
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test

XYZ




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