Statistics Lecture 1
Statistics Lecture 1
Sample
Population
Estimation
Laws
Hypothesis tests
Population
VSET(Age) = { 1 , 2 , . . . , 100 , . . . } ,
VSET(Weight) = [ 2 Kg , 150 Kg ] ,
- Discrete variables
- Integer Variable
Age, Amount of children in household
b) Qualitative variables (norminal or categorical variables)
Charateristics of study object, usually with non-number values
“Transport means”
~ By foot → 0
~ By bicycle → 1
~ By motorbike → 2
“Housing”
~ Homeless → 0
~ Thatched house → 1
~ Wooden house → 3
~ Appartment → 5
~ Villa → 6
b) Coding unordered qualitative variables