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Random Variable
A variable whose value results from the measurement of a random event.
Mode
The number that appears most frequently in a data set.
Mutually Exclusive Events
Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time.
P-Value
The probability of obtaining an effect at least as extreme as the one in your sample data, assuming the null hypothesis is true.
Confidence Interval
A range of values that is likely to include the value of an unknown population parameter.
Hypothesis Test
A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about a population parameter.
Expected Value
The long-term average value of repetitions of the experiment it represents.
Variance
A measure of how much numbers in a data set differ from the mean.
Probability
A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.
Standard Deviation
The square root of the variance, giving a measure of the spread of a set of values.
Regression Analysis
A statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables.
Median
The middle number in a sorted list of numbers.
Correlation
A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate in relation to each other.
Independent Events
Two events are independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the other.
Z-Score
The number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.
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