ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION When approaching any new subject we often have to learn the language of that subject matter. To better understand the logic of statistics, we need to start with some basic vocabulary, including the terms constant, variable, population, sample, parameter, and statistic. We will also examine a model that will explain how these concepts fit together and, at the same time, explain the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics. Finally, we will examine scales of measurement, or several different ways to think about numbers or data.
