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Quantitative Reasoning Math 1001
Logic - The study of methods and principals of reasoning Argument - Uses a set of facts or assumptions to support a conclusion Fallacy - a deceptive argument Proposition - A claim: complete statement Truth Value - Two possibles: True or False Negation - another proposition that makes the opposite claim Truth Table - a table with a row for each possible set of truth values Conjunction - Two propositions p AND q (only way its true is if all T) Disjunction - Two propositions p OR q (only way its false is if all F) Conditional Proposition - If p, then q
Set Notation - {1,2,3,4...} Inductive Argument - makes a case to general from specific Deductive Argument - makes a case to specific from general Principal - the balance upon which interest is paid Simple Interest - the interest paid only on the original investment and not on any interest added on later Compound Interest - paid on both original investment and on all interest that has been added APR - Annual Percentage Rate Statistics - the science of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data Population - the complete set of people or things studied Sample - a subset of the population
One variable increases while the other decreases No Correlation - No relationship between variables Strength of Correlation - The more closely the variables follow a trend Possible Cause - There is a correlation, but not proven Probable cause - Good reason to suspect cause Cause beyond reasonable doubt - Nothing else can explain mean - Average data point median - Middle data point mode - Most common data point outlier - Much higher or lower than all other numbers range - Difference of highest and lowest value
Permutations - All selected from a single group of items Combinations - Cannot be selected more than once
