应用统计学 第一课 英文

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What is Statistics?

In this course, we focus on inferential statistics Statistics is about a complete set of data (population) and wanting to know the unknown truth (a numerical measure of that population (parameter) or the pattern of the population’s data). Statistics is about obtaining a subset (sample) of these data and using information contained in the sample (a numerical measure of that sample (statistic) or the pattern of the sample’s data) to make inferences about this unknown truth.
x 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.10
x P(x) 0.00 0.05 0.12 0.30
[x]2 22.1841 13.7641 7.3441 2.9241
[x]2 P(x) 1.109205 0.688205 0.440646 0.292410
4 5
6 7 Total
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s s V (X )
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Example: Bed and Breakfast
The Bay Street Inn is a 7-room bed-and-breakfast in Santa Theresa, Ca.
x 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
P(x) 0.05
0.05 0.06 0.10 0.13 0.20 0.15 0.26 1.00

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Continuous Probability Density Function (PDF)



Denoted f(x) Must be nonnegative Total area under the curve = 1 Mean, variance and shape depend on the PDF parameters Reveals the shape of the distribution

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Business Data Analysis
73-102 Lecture 01
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Agenda
Go through Course Outline (on CLEW) Brief Introduction to Statistics Review of Random Variable Review of Normal Distribution

E ( X ) xi P( xi )
i 1

n
For the aforementioned example of coin flips, what is E(X) ?
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Variance and Standard Deviation

If there are n distinct values of X, then the variance of a discrete random variable is:
Normal or Gaussian dthematician Karl Gauss (1777 – 1855). Defined by two parameters, and s Denoted N(, s) Domain is – < X < + Almost all area under the normal curve is included in the range – 3s < X < + 3s

Discrete Variable – each value of X has its own probability P(X). Continuous Variable – events are intervals and probabilities are areas underneath smooth curves. A single point has no probability.
x P(x)
0.00 0.05 0.12 0.30 0.52
E ( X ) xi P( xi )
i 1
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= 4.71 rooms
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6 7 Total
0.20
0.15 0.26 1.00
1.00
0.90 1.82 = 4.71
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Example: Bed and Breakfast
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What is Statistics?


No matter what truth statistics is seeking and no matter what data are collected, the truth we are seeking and the sample information we obtain must be expressed quantitatively and how they are expressed depends on the type of data that is available and/or required. In summary, statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data in a useful manner.
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Example: Coin Flips
If X is the number of heads, then X is a random variable whose probability distribution is as follows:
Possible Events
TTT
x
0
P(x)
1/8
The E(X) is then used to find the variance:
= 4.2259 rooms2 The standard deviation is: s = 4.2259 = 2.0577 rooms
V ( X ) s2 [ xi ]2 P( xi )
i 1
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V ( X ) s2 [ xi ]2 P( xi )
i 1 n


The variance is a weighted average of the dispersion about the mean and is denoted either as s2 or V(X). The standard deviation is the square root of the variance and is denoted s.
HTT, THT, TTH
HHT, HTH, THH
1
2
3/8
3/8
HHH
Total
3
1/8
1
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Expected Value

The expected value E(X) of a discrete random variable is the sum of all X-values weighted by their respective probabilities. If there are n distinct values of X,
The probability distribution of room rentals during February is:
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Example: Bed and Breakfast
First find the expected value
x
0 1 2 3 4
P(x)
0.05 0.05 0.06 0.10 0.13
0.13 0.20
0.15 0.26
0.52 1.00
0.90 1.82
0.5041 0.0841
1.6641 5.2441
0.065533 0.016820
0.249615 1.363466 s2 = 4.225900
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1.00 = 4.71
Continuous Random Variable
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What is Statistics?

To make those inferences, we need to know the relationship between the statistic (of a sample) and the parameter (of a population) or we need to know the relationship between the sample’s pattern and the population’s pattern and how to manipulate these relationships.