S1 - Chapter One - Fundamentals

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What is a statistical model?
A mathematical way of showing the outcomes of a real world problem
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Give 2 advantages of statistical models (RWP = Real World Problem)...
Simplify RWP / Understand RWP / Quicker and cheaper / Predict future outcomes of the RWP / Help refine the model
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Give 2 disadvantages of statistical models...
Only works for restricted range of values / Only gives a partial description of the RWP
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Give the first stage of devising a statistical model...
Observe a RWP
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Give the second stage of devising a statistical model...
Devise a mathematical model
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Give the third stage of devising a statistical model...
Make predictions about the RWP based on the mathematical model
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Give the fourth stage of devising a statistical model...
Collect experimental data from the RW
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Give the fifth stage of devising a statistical model...
Compare predicted and observed outcomes
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Give the sixth stage of devising a statistical model...
Assess to what degree the mathematical model represents the RWP
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Give the seventh stage of devising a statistical model...
Make refinements to the mathematical model
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Give 2 advantages of statistical models (RWP = Real World Problem)...

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Simplify RWP / Understand RWP / Quicker and cheaper / Predict future outcomes of the RWP / Help refine the model

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Give 2 disadvantages of statistical models...

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Give the first stage of devising a statistical model...

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Give the second stage of devising a statistical model...

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