Statistics Key Terms

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Statistics Key Terms

Statistics is about estimating information about the whole group by using a smaller group.

Population and sample

A whole group is called a population and a smaller group within the population is called a sample.

Sample needs to be representative

When choosing a sample it is important for it to be representative of the whole population so that measurements we take in the sample can be used as estimates for the population.
To be representative the sample needs to be big enough to be reliable, and the sample should be random so that every member of the population is equally likely to be chosen.

Random sample

To choose a random sample you can assign a number to each member of the population then use a computer or a random number table or pick numbers out of a hat to choose a random selection of numbers.
Pick the members corresponding to these numbers.

Biased sample

A biased sample is one that doesn’t represent the whole population.
To assess whether a sample is biased think whether any groups of people would be excluded from the sample (e.g. based on gender, age, different interests or habits).
A small sample is also likely to be biased.

Types of Data

Primary vs secondary

Primary data is data that you have collected yourself.
Data from any other source (e.g. from a book or the internet) is secondary data.

Qualitative vs quantitative

Qualitative data is descriptive or categorical and uses words rather than numbers (e.g. colours, names).
Quantitative data is measured in numbers and represents quantities (e.g. heights, shoe size).

Discrete vs continuous

Quantitative data is discrete if the numbers can only take certain values (e.g. only whole numbers).
It is continuous if the numbers can take any value.

Capture-Recapture Method

A capture-recapture method can be used to estimate the population size from a sample.

Process

A sample is captured, tagged and released.
Later another sample is taken and the number of tagged members is noted.
Using the assumption that the proportion of tagged members in the population is the same as the proportion in the sample you can then estimate the population.

Example

A biologist captures 15 turtles from a lake and marks their shells with paint.
The next week they capture 20 turtles and find 5 have their shells marked.
- ⁵⁄₂₀ = ¹⁵⁄_N where N is the population size so the estimate is N = 60.

1Number

1.1Using Numbers

1.2Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

1.2.1Adding Fractions

1.2.2Subtracting Fractions

1.2.3Multiplying Fractions

1.2.4Dividing Fractions

1.2.5Mixed Fractions

1.2.6Calculating Percentages of Numbers

1.2.7Calculating Fractions of Numbers

1.2.8Multiply Decimals

1.2.9Place Value

1.2.10Recurring Decimals

1.2.11Exam-Style Questions - Recurring Decimals

1.2.12Convert Fractions & Terminating Decimals

1.2.13Convert Recurring Decimals

1.2.14Convert Decimals & Percentages

1.2.15Compare Decimals

1.2.16Compare Fractions

1.2.17Exam-Style Questions - Percentages

1.2.18End of Topic Test - Fractions & Decimals

1.3Powers & Roots

1.3.1Powers

1.3.2Roots

1.3.3Indices Advanced

1.3.4Estimating Powers

1.3.5Estimating Roots

1.3.6Multiplying Powers

1.3.7Dividing Powers

1.3.8Power Raised to Power

1.3.9Fractions Raised to a Power

1.3.10Numbers Raised to Negative Powers

1.3.11Roots of Numbers

1.3.12Numbers to the Power of 1 & 0

1.3.13Surds

1.3.14Simplify Surds

1.3.15Rationalise Denominator

1.3.16Exam-Style Questions - Indices

1.3.17End of Topic Test - Powers & Roots

1.4Accuracy

1.4.1Decimal Rounding

1.4.2Significant Figure Rounding

1.4.3Estimation

1.4.4Truncation

1.4.5Limits of Accuracy

1.4.6Bounds Addition

1.4.7Bounds Subtraction

1.4.8Bounds Multiplication

1.4.9Bounds Division

1.4.10End of Topic Test - Rounding & Estimation

2Algebra

2.1Introduction to Algebra

2.1.1Algebra Basics

2.1.2Substituting Values

2.1.3Algebraic Vocabulary

2.1.4Collecting Terms

2.1.5End of Topic Test - Algebra Basics & Power Rules

2.1.6Expanding Brackets I

2.1.7Common Factors

2.1.8Expanding Brackets II

2.1.9Rearrange For x

2.1.10Rearrange with Powers

2.1.11Exam-Style Questions - Basics of Algebra

2.1.12End of Topic Test - Expanding & Rearranging

2.2Manipulating Algebra

2.2.1How to Factorise

2.2.2Factorising Quadratics

2.2.3Algebraic Fractions - Addition & Subtraction

2.2.4Algebraic Fractions - Multiplication & Division

2.3Proofs & Functions

2.3.1Identities & Proofs

2.3.2Exam-Style Questions - Algebraic Proof

2.3.3End of Topic Test - Algebra & Proofs

2.3.4Functions

2.3.5Combine Functions

2.3.6Composite Functions

2.3.7Inverse Functions

2.4Straight Line Graphs

2.4.1Straight Line Graphs

2.4.2y = mx + c

2.4.3Grad + YIntercept

2.4.4Exam-Style Questions - Straight Line Graphs

2.4.5End of Topic Test - Functions & Straight Lines

2.5Common Graphs

2.5.1Shape of Quadratic Graphs

2.5.2Roots of a Quadratic Graph

2.5.3Completing Squares

2.5.4Turning Points

2.5.5Common Functions 1

2.5.6Common Functions 2

2.5.7Trigonometric functions

2.5.8End of Topic Test - Common Graphs

2.6Transformations & Tangents

2.6.1Transformations

2.6.2Tangent on a Circle

2.7Properties of Graphs

2.7.1Estimate Gradient

2.7.2Estimate Area

2.7.3Represent Gradient & Area

2.7.4Distance-Time Graph

2.7.5Velocity-Time Graph

2.7.6End of Topic Test - Transformations & Graphs

2.8Solving Equations

2.8.1Solve Linear Equations

2.8.2Linear Equations with Fractions

2.8.3Solve Linear Equations Graphically

2.8.4Quadratic ±

2.8.5Factorise Quadratics

2.8.6Quadratic Formula

2.8.7Complete the Square

2.8.8Solve Quadratics Graphically

2.8.9End of Topic Test - Solving Equations

2.8.10Simultaneous Equations

2.8.11Quadratic Simultaneous Equations

2.8.12Simultaneous Equations - Graphs

2.8.13Simultaneous Equations - Word Problems

2.8.14Approximate Solutions - Number of Iterations

2.8.15Approximate Solutions - Iterations to 1 DP

2.8.16Approximate Solutions - Iteration Formula

2.8.17Exam-Style Questions - Simultaneous Equations

2.8.18End of Topic Test - Simultaneous Equations

2.9Inequalities

2.9.1Solving Inequalities

2.9.2Solving Double Inequalities

2.9.3Solving Quadratic Inequalities

2.9.4Representing Inequalities

2.9.5Exam-Style Questions - Inequalities

2.9.6End of Topic Test - Inequalities

2.10Sequences

2.10.1Nth Term Rules

2.10.2Recurrence Relationships

2.10.3Find Nth Term in Linear Sequence

2.10.4Check If a Number is In a Sequence

2.10.5Exam-Style Questions - Sequences

2.10.6Arithmetic & Geometric Progressions

2.10.7Key Sequences

2.10.8Quadratic Sequences

2.10.9Find Nth Term in Quadratic Sequence

2.10.10Exam-Style Questions - Geometric Series

2.10.11End of Topic Test - Sequences

3Ratio

3.1Ratios in Practice

3.1.1Converting Between Units

3.1.2Formula Triangles

3.1.3Scale Factors

3.1.4Ratios in Shapes

3.2Manipulating Ratios

3.2.1Simplifying Ratios

3.2.2Turn Ratios into Equations

3.2.3Ratio Notation & Reduction

3.2.4End of Topic Test - Units & Ratios

3.2.5Part : Part Ratio

3.2.6Part : Whole Ratio

3.2.7Two Ratios

3.2.8Differences in Ratios

3.2.9Fractions in Ratios

3.2.10Numbers as Fractions

3.2.11Ratios to Fractions

3.2.12Exam-Style Questions - Ratios

3.2.13End of Topic Test - Fractions & Ratios

3.3Percentage & Interest

3.3.1Convert Percentages to Decimals

3.3.2Convert Percentages to Fractions

3.3.3Find the Percentage

3.3.4More/Less Percentage

3.3.5Price from Percentage Change

3.3.6Calculate Percentage Change from Price

3.3.7End of Topic Test - Percentages

3.3.8Profit & Interest & Discount

3.3.9Original Price after Discounts

3.3.10Simple Interest

3.3.11Compound Growth & Decay

3.3.12Compound Interest

3.3.13Compound Interest - After How Many Days?

3.3.14End of Topic Test - Percentages in Finance

3.4Proportion

3.4.1Proportion

3.4.2Direct Proportion

3.4.3Inverse Proportion

3.4.4Exam-Style Questions - Proportionality

3.5Gradient

3.5.1Gradient on a Straight Line

3.5.2Direct & Inverse Proportions as Graphs

3.5.3Gradient of a Curve

3.5.4Positive & Negative Gradients

3.5.5End of Topic Test - Proportion & Gradient

4Geometry

4.1Introduction to Geometry

4.1.1Geometry Basics

4.1.2Geometry Basics 2

4.1.3Regular Polygons

4.1.4Triangles & Angles

4.1.5Midpoint

4.1.6Bisectors & Perpendiculars

4.1.7Locus

4.1.8Angle rules

4.1.9Parallel Angle Rules

4.1.10Angles in a Polygon

4.1.11Angles in a Triangle

4.1.12Exam-Style Questions - Angles in Shapes

4.1.13End of Topic Test - Geometry

4.2Triangles & Quadrilaterals

4.2.1Types of Triangle

4.2.2Angles & Triangles

4.2.3Congruence

4.2.4Similarity

4.2.5Quadrilaterals

4.3Transformations

4.3.1Types of Transformations

4.3.2Invariant Points

4.3.3Effects of Transformations

4.3.4Exam-Style Questions - Reflection

4.4Circle Basics

4.4.1Properties of a Circle 1

4.4.2Chords

4.4.3Properties of a Circle 2

4.4.4Area of a Circle

4.4.5Circumference of a Circle

4.4.6Fractions of Circles

4.4.7Exam-Style Questions - Circle Formulae

4.4.8End of Topic Test - Triangles & Circles

4.5Circle Theorems

4.5.1Perpendicular Bisector of a Chord

4.5.2Angle at the Centre

4.5.3Angle of a Semicircle

4.5.4Opposite Angles in Cyclic Quadrilaterals

4.5.5Tangent Lengths

4.5.6Angle in the Same Segment

4.5.7Alternate Segment Theorem

4.5.8Exam-Style Questions - Circle Theorems

4.6Measurements & Units

4.6.1Length

4.6.2Area

4.6.3Volume

4.6.4Capacity

4.6.5Time

4.6.6Money

4.6.7Mass

4.6.8Bearings

4.6.9Scale Factor & Enlargement

4.6.10Exam-Style Questions - Enlargements

4.7Calculating Area

4.7.1Area of 2D Shapes

4.7.2Exam-Style Questions - Area

4.7.3End of Topic Test - Circle Theorems, Units & Area

4.8Triangle Formulae

4.8.1Pythagoras' Theorem

4.8.2Pythagoras in 3D

4.8.3Trigonometry

4.8.4Exact Values

4.8.5Sine Rule

4.8.6Cosine Rule

4.8.7Area of a Triangle

4.8.8Exam-Style Questions - Trigonometry & Area

4.93D Shapes

4.9.1Types of 3D Shape

4.9.2Plans & Elevations

4.9.3Nets

4.9.4Volume of 3D Shapes

4.9.5Volume of a Cuboid

4.9.6Volume of a Cylinder

4.9.7Volume of a Sphere

4.9.8Volume of a Hemisphere

4.9.9Volume of a Cone

4.9.10Volume of a Pyramid

4.9.11Surface Area & Composite Shapes

4.9.12Surface Area of a Cuboid

4.9.13Surface Area of a Cylinder

4.9.14Surface Area of a Sphere/Hemisphere

4.9.15Surface Area of a Cone

4.9.16Exam-Style Questions - Volume

4.10Vectors

4.10.1Vectors Introduction

4.10.2Vectors

4.10.3Translation

4.10.4Scalar

4.10.5Exam-Style Questions - Vectors

4.10.6End of Topic Test - Trigonometry, Shapes & Vectors

5Probability

6Statistics

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