JOHN PAUL VILLANUEVA ARCH 3C

STATISTICS (MW 5:30-7:00) ENG. LUMAGBAS

STATISTICS - A BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS DEALING WITH THE

COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, AND PRESENTATION OF
MASSES OF NUMERICAL DATA

RANDOM VARIABLES - A QUANTITY HAVING A NUMERICAL VALUE FOR

EACH MEMBER OF A GROUP, ESPECIALLY ONE WHOSE VALUES OCCUR
ACCORDING TO A FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION.

OBSERVATION - THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF OBSERVING SOMETHING OR

SOMEONE CAREFULLY OR IN ORDER TO GAIN INFORMATION.

POPULATION - ALL THE INHABITANTS OF A PARTICULAR TOWN, AREA, OR

COUNTRY.

QUALITATIVE - RELATING TO, MEASURING, OR MEASURED BY THE

QUALITY OF SOMETHING RATHER THAN ITS QUANTITY.

QUANTITATIVE - RELATING TO, MEASURING, OR MEASURED BY THE

QUANTITY OF SOMETHING RATHER THAN ITS QUALITY.
 FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION - IN STATISTICS, A FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION IS A TABLE THAT DISPLAYS THE FREQUENCY OF VARIOUS
OUTCOMES IN A SAMPLE. EACH ENTRY IN THE TABLE CONTAINS
THE FREQUENCY OR COUNT OF THE OCCURRENCES OF VALUES WITHIN A
PARTICULAR GROUP OR INTERVAL, AND IN THIS WAY, THE TABLE
SUMMARIZES THE DISTRIBUTION OF VALUES IN THE SAMPLE.

MEAN - THE MEAN IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL NUMBERS AND IS SOMETIMES

CALLED THE ARITHMETIC MEAN. TO CALCULATE MEAN, ADD TOGETHER
ALL OF THE NUMBERS IN A SET AND THEN DIVIDE THE SUM BY THE TOTAL
COUNT OF NUMBERS.

MEDIAN - IN THE DATA CENTER, MEANS AND MEDIANS ARE OFTEN

TRACKED OVER TIME TO SPOT TRENDS, WHICH INFORM CAPACITY
PLANNING OR POWER COST PREDICTIONS.THE STATISTICAL MEDIAN IS
THE MIDDLE NUMBER IN A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS. TO FIND THE MEDIAN,
ORGANIZE EACH NUMBER IN ORDER BY SIZE; THE NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE
IS THE MEDIAN

MODE - THE MODE IS THE NUMBER THAT OCCURS MOST OFTEN WITHIN A
SET OF NUMBERS