Index

A

  • absolute risk
  • accounting for
  • adjusted R squared
  • affinity analysis
  • alpha (level)
  • alternate hypothesis
  • analysis of variance (ANOVA)
  • arithmetic mean. see mean

B

  • Bayesian statistics
  • bell-shaped
  • beta
  • bias
  • binomial data
  • Bonferroni correction
  • bootstrapping

C

  • categorical data
  • causality
  • central limit theorem
  • central tendency
  • Chi-squared (X2)
    • distribution
    • goodness of fit test
    • test for homogeneity
    • test for independence
  • classification
  • cluster analysis
  • collinearity
  • conditional probabilities
  • confidence interval
  • confidence-level
  • confounding variable
  • contingency tables
  • controlling for
  • correlation (coefficient)
  • counting
  • covariance
  • credible interval
  • cross validation
  • crosstabs

D

  • data mining
  • data point
  • data transformation
  • data types
  • de Moivre–Laplace Theorem
  • decision tree
  • degrees of freedom
  • dummy variables

E

  • effect size
  • ensemble modeling
  • excess-kutosis statistic
  • expected (value)

F

  • F
  • false discovery rate
  • false negative
  • false positive
  • F-distributions
  • frequency
  • F-test

G

  • goodness of fit

I

  • interaction terms (regression)
  • interaction effects (ANOVA)
  • interval data

J

  • joint probabilities

K

  • kurtosis statistic

L

  • law of large numbers
  • least-squares
  • linear least-squares regression
  • lurking variable

M

  • magnitudes
  • main effects (ANOVA)
  • margin of error
  • marginal probabilities
  • mean
  • measurement types
  • median
  • mode
  • model training and evaluation
  • multicollinearity
  • multinomial data
  • multiple least-squares linear regression

N

  • neural network
  • nominal data
  • nonlinear

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