Discrete:

Events that Variables

CANNOT both that can only
take certain Continuous:
happen at the
values in a Variables that
same time P(A or B) =
given range can take any
Mutually P(A) + P(B) Events CAN value in a Neat columns
both happen at (Counted)
Exclusive - P(A and B) given range
the same time (Measured)

P(A or B) = Quantitative: Arranged in

P(A) + P(B) A variable that
Stem and ascending or
can be given
Non-mutually a numerical Leaf diagrams descending
Exclusive value order

Represent
an event not Exclusivity
happening,
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e.g. if A is an Draw a key
variable that Types of frequency
event, A' is it's
describes a density
complement
characteristic
Variables

Complements Histograms
Continuous
data (no gaps)

Lists all the

possible Sample Space
Probability S1
outcomes of Area =
an event, each FD = F/CW Frequency
in a pair of Representing
curly brackets
Data

Maximum
graph height =
Dependancy Cumulative total frequency
Summarising Graph never Frequency
Data decreases
Events that are
independent
are when the
outcome of Conditional
one event has Continuous
events are when Data
no effect on the outcome
the outcome of one event
of another has an effect
on the outcome Measures
of another of Location Measures of
(Central 2 modes Largest value - dispersion
Tendency) Group with
means it is smallest value
bi-modal
highest Range
frequency
density is the Cannot be
modal group Most common determined
value exactly in Very limited
grouped as it does Box and
P(B given frequency not consider Whisker plot
A) = P(A & distributions the pattern of Interquartile
B) / P(A) Mode the spread,
range
only the
Median
Middle value extreme values
= 1/2(n
of an ordered +1)th value Most useful Show lowest,
set of data Simple to to producers highest values,
Can be used understand upper, lower
The range of quartiles
in further the middle
statistical and median
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Makes use calculations
abnormally used in further Calculates distribution
of all data
high or calculations the difference
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Simple to a member of upper and
understand the data set lower quartile
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calculate Mean abnormally
high or
low values
Cannot be
used in further
Can be calculations
misleading Sum of values / Mid point
if there is an number used if data
abnormally of values is grouped
high or
low value