| A | B |
|---|
| positive skew | the direction of the skew is going to right (lower part, fewer scores) is to right |
| negative skew | the direction of the skew is going lower part, fewer scores) to left |
| correlation coefficient | a statistical measure of the strength of the relationship between the relative movements of two variables. The values range between -1.0 and 1.0. |
| scatterplot | uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables. The position of each dot on the horizontal and vertical axis indicates values for an individual data point. |
| inferential statistics | process of drawing conclusions and making predictions based on your data. |
| statistical significance | refers to the claim that a result from data generated by testing or experimentation is likely to be attributable to a specific cause (moderate=.5 or =.5 or higher) |
| hindsight bias | the tendency to believe that you knew what was going to happen, as if you foresaw the event: "I knew it all along." |
| normal distribution | shows how traits are distributed throughout a population usually with the use of a bell curve. |
