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statistics
Study of methods for collecting, organizing, and analyzing
data.
TERM 2
Inferential Statistics
DEFINITION 2
Procedures used to arrive at broader conclusions or
inferences about populations on the basis of samples.
TERM 3
Descriptive Statistics
DEFINITION 3
Procedures used to organize and present data in a
convenient and communicable form.
TERM 4
population
DEFINITION 4
The complete set of actual or potential elements about which
inferences are made.
TERM 5
sample
DEFINITION 5
A subset of the population selected using some sampling
method.
cluster sample
Population divided into clusters, randomly selected, and
every member observed.
TERM 7
stratified sample
DEFINITION 7
Population divided into strata, with fixed number of elements
of each stratum are selected for sample.
TERM 8
simple random sample
DEFINITION 8
Each possible sample of same size has equal probability of
selection.
TERM 9
Which sampling method is used for most
elementary inference (predictions)?
DEFINITION 9
Simple random sample.
TERM 10
What is a variable?
DEFINITION 10
An attribute of a population.
