In: Statistics and Probability
In your own words, differentiate the following statistical terminologies with some examples.
Primary Data Source and Secondary Data Source
a)Population Parameter and Sample Statistic
Parameter: It sumarise all the data of an entire population.It is the fixed value but in practical hard to compute
Statistic: It is used to estimate the parameter value changes from sample to sample
b) Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics
Descriptive statistic:It is concerned with the target population.Organise,analyse and present data in meaningful manner
Inferential Statistics: Make inferences from sample and generalise to population
Tools: Hypothesis testing
c) Nominal Scale and Ordinal Scale
Nominal Scale: These variable have no inferent order or ranking sequence
Example: Name
Ordinal Scale: Variable with order series
example:ratings,ranking in class
Primary Data Source and Secondary Data Source
Primary: Real time data,sure about source of data
Secondary: These are past data,Not sure about their sources