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Elementary Statistics using Excel

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Term
Meaning
Parameter   show
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show Measured characteristic of a sample  
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Statistics   show
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show Complete and entire collection of elements to be studied  
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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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show Data resulting from infinitely many possible values that correspond to some continuous scale that covers a range of values without gaps, interruptions or jumps  
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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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show Sample in which the respondents themselves decide whether to be included; also called voluntary response sample  
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Observational Study   show
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show Application of treatment followed by observation of its effects on the subjects  
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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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show Sample of a particular size selected so that every possible sample of the same size has the same chance of being chosen  
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show Sampling in which every kth ( such as every 50th) element is selected  
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show Sampling in which dataa are selected because they are readily available  
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Stratified Sampling   show
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Cluster Sampling   show
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show Difference between a sample result and the true population result; results from chance sample fluctuations  
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Nonsampling Errors   show
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Data   show
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show A collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on the data.  
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Statistics   show
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show The complete collection of all elements (scores, people, measurements, and so on) to be studied. it includes all subjects to be studied.  
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show The collection of data from every member of the population  
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show A subcollection of members selected from a population  
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