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vocab

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population   a group of people you want to know more about  
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samples   represents entire population  
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biased sample   a sample that is not representative of the population  
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random sample   randomly chooses from the population who will be in the surveys, not likely to be biased  
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stratified random sample   breaks people up into groups. not likely to be biased  
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systemic sample   follows a rule. potentially biased  
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convenience sample   a lazy sample, picks people that are easy to get. likely to be biased  
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self selected sample   volunteers to be in sample. likely to be biased  
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mode   number that repeats the most in a set of data  
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median   the middle number in a group of data when numerically arranged  
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mean   average  
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range   difference between the largest and smallest number  
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mean absolute deviation   a measure of dispersion along with range  
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central tendency   mode median and mean  
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two way frequency table   divides data into categories across the top and down the side  
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joint frequencies   body of the table  
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marginal frequencies   rows and column totals  
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stem and leaf plots   displays data that organizes it based on their digits  
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histograms   displays data from a frequency table  
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box and whisker plots   organizes data values into groups  
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