Statistics Vocabulary
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| Method actively seeking to poll people from many different backgrounds. The population is first divided into different categories (or strata) and the number of members in each category is determined | Stratified Samples
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| The sample ends up with one or more sub-groups that are either over-represented or under-represented. | Biased Samples
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| The practice of polling only those who you believe will support your cause. | Cherry Picking
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| A survey that is simply handed out gains a few responses when compared to the number of surveys given out. | Non-response Bias
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| Respondents who tend to have stronger opinions on subjects that others and are more motivated to respond may also cause bias. | Self-selected Sample
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| What the survey represents | Population
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| A personal interview conducted by an interviewer | Face to face Interviews
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| Data that is placed in intervals | Grouped Data
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| Data that is listed | Ungrouped Data
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| Displays data in an organized way | Frequency distribution table
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| Mean, median, and mode | Measure of central tendency
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| method which people are chosen out of the blue | Random samples
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| answer questions on a questionnaire rather than having an interviewer. s-a | Self-administered surveys
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