Summary: Review

Key Concepts

Interval Notation

Inequality Interval Notation
[latex]a (a,b)
x>a (a,)
[latex]x (,b)
xa [a,)
xb (,b]
[latex]a≤x [a,b)
[latex]a (a,b]
axb [a,b]

For a finite interval (a,b),(a,b],[a,b) or [a,b].

  • The width is ba
  • The midpoint is a+b2

Population and sample mean, variance, and standard deviation

Population  Sample
Population size N Sample size n
Population mean μ=xN Sample mean ¯x=xn
Population variance σ2.=(xμ)2N Sample variance s2=(x¯x)2n1
Population standard deviation σ=(xμ)2N Sample standard deviation s=(x¯x)2n1

Glossary

  • interval: a set of numbers in which a solution falls
  • population: the entire group of individuals or objects of interest
  • parameter: a numerical characteristic of a population
  • sample: portion, or subset, of a population
  • statistic: a numerical characteristic of a sample