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Elementary Statistics using Excel

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show Measured characteristic of a population  
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Statistic   show
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show Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data  
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Population   show
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show Collection of data from every element in a population  
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Sample   show
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show Data with the property that the number of possible values is either a finite number or a  
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Continuous data   show
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show Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that may be arranged in order, but differences between data values either cannot be determined or are meningless  
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show Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that can be arranged in order and for which diffeences between data values are meaningful  
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Self-selected sample   show
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Observational Study   show
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Experiment   show
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show A situation that occurs when the effects from two or more variables cannot be distinuished from each other  
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show Sample selected in a way that allows every member of the population to have the same chance of being chosen  
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Simple Random Sample   show
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show Sampling in which every kth ( such as every 50th) element is selected  
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Convenience Sampling   show
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show Sampling in which samples are drawn from each stratum (class)  
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show Dividing the population area into sections (or clusters), then randomly selecting a few of those sections, and then choosing all the members from those selected sections  
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show Difference between a sample result and the true population result; results from chance sample fluctuations  
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show Errors from external factors not related to sampling  
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Data   show
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Statistics   show
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Statistics   show
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Population   show
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show The collection of data from every member of the population  
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Sample   show
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