Term
|
Definition
| systematically recorded info., whether numbers or labels, together with its context |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| tells who was measured, what was measured, how the data was collected, where the data were collected, and when and why the study was performed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an arrangement of data in which each row represents a case and each column represents a variable |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a variable holds information about the same characteristic for many cases |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the cases we actually examine in seeking to understand the much larger population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| all the cases we wish we knew about |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an individual about whom or which we have data |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a variable in which the numbers act as numerical values- always have units |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a variable that names categories (whether with words or numerals) |
|
|
