Friday, April 16, 2010

Statistics

Percentilen Rank: Indicates the percentage od scores less than or equal to a particular score; is the proportion of scores in a distribution that a specific score is greater than or equal to.

Normal Curve: A graph resembling a bell-shaped curve.

Histogram: A graph that displays the frequency of data.

Normal Distribution: The frequency distribution of the normal curve.

Correlation Coefficient: The relationship (or lack of relationship) between two sets of data.

Negative Correlation: As one variable increases the other decreases, or as one variable decreases the other increases.

Positive Correlation: As one variable increase so does the other, or as one varible decreases the other increases.

R-Value: Correlation coefficient.

Zero Correlation: The Variables have nothing to do with each other, so there is no relation between the two sets of data.

Number: X
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Mean:X

Sum: E

Standard Deviation: S

Total Population: n