TERM 1
Population
DEFINITION 1
total set of subjects in which we are interestedEx: entire
voting public
TERM 2
Sample
DEFINITION 2
subset of the population for whom we have dataEx: 200
randomly selected voters
TERM 3
Subject
DEFINITION 3
entities that we measure in a studyEx: each voter in the
sample
TERM 4
Parameter
DEFINITION 4
a numerical value summarizing the population dataEx:
proportion of voters voting for candidate A in the entire pop
TERM 5
Statistic
DEFINITION 5
numerical value summarizing the sample dataEx: proportion
of voters voting for candidate A in the sample (the 200
randomly selected voters)
