\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{SarahLisaDance} \pdfinfo{ /Title (statistics-and-probability-unit-1.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (SarahLisaDance) /Subject (Statistics and Probability Unit 1 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{C1121F} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FBF0F1} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Statistics and Probability Unit 1 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{SarahLisaDance} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/216217/cs/47198/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}SarahLisaDance \\ \uline{cheatography.com/sarahlisadance} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 17th October, 2025.\\ Updated 17th October, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.1 Statistics: The Science and Art of Data}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Individuals & The person or thing described in the data set \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Variables & Any attribute for the individuals that can vary \{\{nl\}\} there are two types of variables \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Categorical Variable & Has a label (favorite color) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Quantitative Variable & Numerical Value and makes sense to find an average (age) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Frequency table & Shows the count of each data point (Blue: 10) \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Relative Frequency table & Shows the percentage of each data point. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Percentage Formula & (Part/Whole)x100 \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Dot Plots & Each dot reprecents one data point (don't skip values that don't have data points \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.3-4: Displaying Quantitative Data}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Skewed Left & The tail is on the left (more data is on the right) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Skewed Right & The tail is on the right (more data is on the left) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Symmetrical & The data is split evenly (if you folded it, it would be similar) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Shape & Skewed left/right or symmetric \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Center & The typical value in the data set \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Variability & How spread out the data is (Variability from \_\_ to \_\_) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Outliers & Values significantly far from the others \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} In context & Always connect the description to the actual scenario or context of the data \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Described in context & The dot plot represents the number of books read last summer. The data is skewed to the right. The center is around around 1-2 books read last summer. The number of books read varies from 0 to 9 books. There is an outlier of 9 books. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 9) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Stemplots & Stem and leaf plots organize quantitative data using the digits of the values \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.3-4: Displaying Quantitative Data}} (cont)}} \tn % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Leaf & The last number/digit of the data point \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Stem & the other numbers before the last number/digit \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Split Stemplot & when each stem has too many data point the stems can be split in two: leaves 0-4 and leaves 5-9 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Info for stemplots & - Don't skip stems even if they don't have any leaves! \{\{nl\}\}- Always include a KEY!! \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Back-to-Back Stemplot & To compare two groups of data you can create a stemplot with leaves on either side. The left represents one group of data and the other side represents the other group \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.7: Measuring Variability}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Standard Deviation (S\textasciitilde{}x\textasciitilde{}) & The average distance from the mean \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Formula: S\textasciitilde{}x\textasciitilde{} & For the sake of your sanity PLEASE use your calculator \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Interquartile Range (IQR) & The range of the middle 50\% of the data \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Formula for IQR & IQR=Q\textasciitilde{}3\textasciitilde{}-Q\textasciitilde{}1\textasciitilde{} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.32 cm} x{5.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.2: Displaying Categorical Data}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Bar Charts & each bar represents one category and the frequency or relative frequency (Helps compare data side by side) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Pie Chart & the circle represents the whole data set and each wedge represents the relative frequency of a category. Represents data as a part of a whole \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Deceptive graphs & Some representation of data are created to manipulate the perception of the data (Always check the scales on a chart and beware of pictographs) \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.5: Displaying Quantitative Data}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Step 1 & Divide your data into equal intervals \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Step 2 & Create a frequency table for each interval \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Step 3 & Label the axis. Label the horizontal axis with the intervals \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Step 4 & Draw the bars for each interval. (no gaps) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Notes on Histograms & The interval contains the first value but not the last \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Relative Frequency histogram & - Use the same steps but with a relative frequency table \{\{nl\}\}- When made correctly, all the bars in a histogram should add up to 100\% or 1 \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 7) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Shape & Skewed left/right or symmetric \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Center & The typical interval in the data set \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Variability & How spread out the data is \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Outliers & intervals significantly far from the others \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.6: Measuring Canter}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mean & The average value of a data set \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Median & The value in the middle of a data set \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Symmetric & Mean ≈ Median \{\{nl\}\}- use the mean for center \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Skewed Right & Mean \textgreater{} Median \{\{nl\}\}- use the median for center \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Skewed Left & Mean \textless{} Median \{\{nl\}\}- use the median for center \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Notes on Mean vs. Median & If there are outliers, use median for center since median is resistant to outliers. Mean is not resistant to outliers \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Mode & The number that appears the most \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Range & The difference between the highest and lowest data values \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Quartiles & Dividing a data set into four intervals \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} First (Lower) Quartile & The middle of the lowerr half of the data set. The first quarter \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Second Quartile (Median) & Middle Value. The second Quarter of half \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Third (Upper) Quartile & Middle of the upper half of the data set. The third quarter \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.36 cm} x{6.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{{\bf{1.8: Boxplots and Outliers}}}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Boxplots} & displays data using Min, Max, Q\textasciitilde{}1\textasciitilde{}, Q\textasciitilde{}3\textasciitilde{}, median, and outlier values \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Step 1 & Create a numberline from the variability of the data \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Step 2 & Make the Q1, Median, and Q3. draw a box between Q1 and Q3 with a line through the median \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Step 3 & Mark the Min and Max (excluding the outlier values) and connect them to the box with a line \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Step 4 & Add * to mark the high and low outliers \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}