Statistical Inference: A Short Course

Index

Absolute value function

Accuracy

A posteriori

A priori

Asymptotic

Axiom

Bernoulli probability distribution

Binomial probability distribution

binomial probability

table of cumulative values

table of values

Boxplot

whiskers

Butterfly effect

Lorenz, E.

Causality

average effect

causal

cause

counterfactual

effect

fundamental problem

intervention principle

lurking variable

necessary cause

post-exposure values

spurious correlation

statistical

sufficient cause

Cell frequencies

expected

observed

Central limit theorem

Chaos

Chebysheff's theorem

Chi-square

distribution

table of values

Class

boundary

deviation

frequency

interval

limits

mark

modal

Coefficient of determination

Combination

Confidence coefficient

Confidence interval

confidence probability

for difference of means

for difference of proportions

for mean

for median

for proportion

for ratio

for standard deviation

for variance

paired comparisons

percentage points

reliability

Contingency table

estimated probability

marginal probability

marginal totals

Correlation coefficient

goodness of fit

inferences about

population

sample

Cramer's phi-squared

Cumulative distribution function

empirical

Data

bivatiate

interval

metric

nominal

nonmetric

nonnumerical

numerical

ordinal

ratio

reduction

univatiate

Decision tree

branch

node

Degrees of freedom

Deviation from the mean

Elementary sampling unit

observation

Empirical rule

Error

nonsampling

sampling

Error bound,

for mean

for proportion

Estimator

biased

consistent

interval

point

unbiased ...