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Pedro Maia
1.A) These numbers are statistics because parameters referrer to the whole population and
statistics refer to a numerical summary of the sample and inferring from this sample to a
population.
1.B) This illustrate the inferential method, since the study starts with a small sample -
mirroring the population – and then it infers something to the whole population.
2.A)
Race Age Sent_length Felony Prior arrests Prior_convict
White 19 years 2 months No 2 1
Black 23 years 12 months No 0 0
White 38 years 120 months Yes 8 3
Hispanic 20 years 2.5 months No 1 1
White 41 years 60 months Yes 5 4
2.B)
Race Age Sent_length Felony Prior arrests Prior_convict
Qualitative Numerical Numerical Qualitative Numerical Numerical
Nominal Continuous Continuous Ordinal Discrete Discrete