SERC Vocabularies
These controlled vocabularies are under development at SERC. They vary widely in terms of refinement and the
degree to which they have been tested with users. None represents a finished product. Caveat emptor.
SSAC Quantitative Concepts
- Basic arithmetic; Number sense 66:1 end
- Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation 66:1 66:2 end
- Unit conversions 66:1 66:3 end
- Significant figures 66:1 66:4 end
- Average; weighted average 66:1 66:5 end
- Rate of change 66:1 66:6 end
- Estimation 66:1 66:7 end
- Logarithms; orders of magnitude; scientific notation 66:1 66:8 end
- Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability 66:9 end
- Gathering data 66:9 66:10 end
- Uncertainty 66:9 66:11 end
- Error; relative error 66:9 66:11 66:12 end
- Precision vs. accuracy 66:9 66:11 66:13 end
- Effect of uncertainty; sensitivity 66:9 66:11 66:14 end
- Manipulating tabular data 66:9 66:11 66:15 end
- Visual display of data 66:9 66:16 end
- Bar graphs; column graphs 66:9 66:16 66:17 end
- XY scatter plots 66:9 66:16 66:18 end
- Pie charts 66:9 66:16 66:19 end
- Logarithmic scale 66:9 66:16 66:20 end
- Descriptive statistics; trend lines 66:9 66:21 end
- Mean 66:9 66:21 66:22 end
- Standard deviation 66:9 66:21 66:23 end
- Quartiles; percentiles 66:9 66:21 66:24 end
- Line- and curve-fitting 66:9 66:21 66:25 end
- Goodness of fit (R2) 66:9 66:21 66:26 end
- Probability 66:9 66:27 end
- Normal distribution 66:9 66:28 end
- Statistical models; statistical inference 66:9 66:29 end
- Algebra; Modeling; Functions 66:30 end
- Manipulating equations 66:30 66:31 end
- Functions: general 66:30 66:32 end
- Concept of function 66:30 66:32 66:33 end
- Zeroes of function 66:30 66:32 66:34 end
- Straight lines and linear functions 66:30 66:35 end
- Slope, intercept; linear trends 66:30 66:35 66:36 end
- Linear algebra 66:30 66:35 66:37 end
- Solving simultaneous equations 66:30 66:35 66:38 end
- Determinants 66:30 66:35 66:39 end
- Linear programming 66:30 66:35 66:40 end
- Nonlinear functions of a single variable 66:30 66:41 end
- Exponential function 66:30 66:41 66:42 end
- Exponential (geometric) growth 66:30 66:41 66:43 end
- Exponential decay 66:30 66:41 66:44 end
- Logarithmic function 66:30 66:41 66:45 end
- Power function 66:30 66:41 66:46 end
- Trigonometric functions 66:30 66:41 66:47 end
- Multivariable functions 66:30 66:48 end
- Modeling 66:30 66:49 end
- Forward modeling 66:30 66:49 66:50 end
- Inverse problem 66:30 66:49 66:51 end
- Geometry; Trigonometry 66:52 end
- Circles (including radians and pi) 66:52 66:53 end
- Squares and rectangles 66:52 66:54 end
- Triangles and trigonometry 66:52 66:55 end
- Other plane figures 66:52 66:56 end
- Spheres 66:52 66:57 end
- Cubes and rectangular solids 66:52 66:58 end
- Other solid figures 66:52 66:59 end
- Calculus; Numerical methods 66:60 end
- Derivatives and integrals (analytical) 66:60 66:61 end
- Numerical differentiation 66:60 66:62 end
- Numerical integration including Riemann sum 66:60 66:63 end
- Differential equations including difference equations 66:60 66:64 end
- Iteration 66:60 66:65 end