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Statistics Glossary: L To P

This document provides definitions for statistical terms from L to P, including large sample, least squares, leptokurtic, lower quartile, lines of regression, level of significance, mean, mathematical expectations, measures of central tendency, measure of variation, median, mode, mutually exclusive, moments, negative relationship, nominal, normal distribution, non-parametric test, null-hypothesis, ogive, one-tail test, ordinal, out-lier, parameter, percentile, pie-chart, platy kurtic, point estimate, population, positive correlation, and probability.

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Statistics Glossary: L To P

This document provides definitions for statistical terms from L to P, including large sample, least squares, leptokurtic, lower quartile, lines of regression, level of significance, mean, mathematical expectations, measures of central tendency, measure of variation, median, mode, mutually exclusive, moments, negative relationship, nominal, normal distribution, non-parametric test, null-hypothesis, ogive, one-tail test, ordinal, out-lier, parameter, percentile, pie-chart, platy kurtic, point estimate, population, positive correlation, and probability.

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Statistics Glossary: L to P
Large sample: A sample whose size is above 30.

Least squares: Any line or curve fitting model, that minimizes the squared distance of the
data points to the line.

Leptokurtic: If the curve is more peaked than the normal curve it is called Leptokurtic.

Lower Quartile (Q1): It is the size of the 25th observation when the data is arranged in
ascending or descending order or the 25th percentile of a set of measures.

Lines of Regression: In the scatter plot, if the variables are highly correlated then the dots lie
in a narrow strip. If the strip is nearly a straight line then it is called a line of regression.

Level of Significance: The probability level below which we reject the hypothesis.

Mean: It is the some of the measures in a distribution by their number.

Mathematical Expectations: The sum of the products of values of a variable and their
respective probabilities

Measures of Central Tendency: The descriptive measures which indicate the centered values
of a set of observations.

Measure of variation: It is the descriptive measures which points out the spread of values in a
set of values.

Median (Q2): The value or the size of the central item of the arranged data or the middle i.e..
50th percentile of the ordered distribution.

Mode: It is the size of the item which occurs most frequently in a distribution.

Mutually Exclusive: Outcomes such that the occurrence of one preclude the occurrence of the
other.

Moments: The arithmetic mean of the various powers of the deviations in any distribution.

Negative Relationship: In a relationship between two variables when one increases the other
decreases or vice-versa.

Nominal: A scale using numbers, symbols, or titles to designate the different sub-class.

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Normal Distribution: It is the limiting form of the binomial distribution when the number of
trials is very large and the probability of success and failure is very small.

Non-parametric Test: Statistical test used, when the population cannot be assume to be
normal or when the level of measurements is ordinal or less.

Null-Hypothesis: The opposite or reverse of the researcher's hypothesis.

Ogive: A graphic representation, that displays a running total.

One-Tail Test (One sided Test): A test that predicts that one value is higher than the other.

Ordinal: It is a scale which uses numbers or symbols to rank the intervals are unspecified.

Out-lier: The points of the data, that fall far away from most of the other points of the data.

Parameter: A characteristic of population.

Percentile: It is a value in an order set of measurement, that is calculated on the basis of


percentage.

Pie-chart: It is a circular diagram which is a circle (pie) divided by radii (like slices of a cake
or pie)

Platy kurtic: If the curve is flat-topped when compared to the normal curve then it is a platy
kurtic curve.

Point Estimate: A number computed from a sample, representing a population parameter.

Population: A group of phenomena having something in common.

Positive Correlation: A relationship between two variables such that when one increases the
other also increases or when one decreases the other also decreases.

Power: When a hypothesis is fall, the probability that a test will reject the null hypothesis is
called Power.

Probability: A quantity measure of the chances of an outcome or outcomes of a random


experiment.

Probability-Distribution: An unbroken (smooth) curve which indicates the frequency


distribution of a continuous random variable.

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