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Stats Ch. 1 Vocab

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Statistics is:   the study of data and variations in the data  
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Descriptive statistics are statistics that are____   more exact  
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With inferential statistics, we _____   infer what's going to happen with population based on the sample  
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The population is the ____   complete collection of objects or individuals that we are studying  
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What is a sample?   the subset of a population  
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____ are data values that represent the entire population.   parameters  
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____ are values calculated from a sample.   statistics  
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_____ sample is used when it is difficult or impossible to draw a a random sample.   convenience  
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With the ________, you have an equal chance to being selected. This sample is analogous to winning the lottery.   simple random sample  
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___ sample is when the population is first divided into sub-populations, then a simple random sample is drawn from each sub-population.   stratified  
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___ sample is a method where we randomly select entire groups.   cluster  
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____ sample is where we select a starting point randomly and then select individuals in evenly spaced intervals, every 3rd or 5th one.   systematic  
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We obtain this sample by asking people to give a response.   voluntary response  
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This type of variable is numerical and how much or how many of something there is.   quantitative  
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What are the 2 types of quantitative variables?   discrete & continuous  
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This type of variable divides individuals into categories.   qualitative aka categorical  
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This type of quantitative variable are values that can be listed and will fall on a point on a number line.   discrete  
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This type of variable has an infinite number of possible values and can be averaged.   continuous  
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What are the 3 types of qualitative variables?   ordinal, nominal and identifier  
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These variables have a natural sense of order, they can be numerical or verbal.   ordinal  
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These variables do not have a natural order.   nominal  
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____ bias is when the response is left up to the individual.   voluntary  
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When the person conducting a study has an interest in the outcome is called _____ bias.   self-interest  
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___ is when the individual may not respond truthfully because they feel that their answer may not be acceptable or the person asking may judge them,   social acceptability  
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The ____ variable has a unique value assigned to each individual.   identifier  
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Questions that are worded to be leading or confusing are called ____ bias.   leading question  
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If we don't have enough responses to be valid, this is called ___ bias.   nonresponse  
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___ bias is when a sub-population is not included in the study. (mistake in sample has been made)   sampling  
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