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Hayward Statistics Module 1
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- 1a numerical measure that describes a sample characteristicstatistic
- 2a numerical measure that describes an entire group of people or thingsparameter
- 3an entire group sharing a characteristicpopulation
- 4a small part of a populationsample
- 5the organization, summarization, and display of data to make it easier to graspdescriptive statistics
- 6conclusions drawn from sample datainferential statistics
- 7data in the form of a numeric valuequantitative data
- 8numerical data that can take any value within an intervalcontinuous data
- 9numerical data limited to a set of valuesdiscrete data
- 10data expressed as names or categoriesqualitative data
- 11the level of measurement for data in the form of discrete categoriesnominal
- 12the level of measurement for data that can be ranked or orderedordinal
- 13the level of measurement for data that has measurable intervals, but no absolute zerointerval
- 14the level of measurement for data that has measurable intervals and an absolute zeroratio
- 15a study to support claims of cause and effectexperimental study
- 16a researcher applying a treatment, procedure or program as part of a studyactive manipulation
- 17a study where researchers collect data based on what is seen or heardobservational study
- 18measuring variables without influencing the conditions in a studypassive manipulation
- 19a study modeling events to resemble real world eventssimulation
- 20a study where participants respond to questionssurvey
- 21a study measuring an entire populationcensus
- 22the variable being manipulated or changedindependent variable
- 23the variable whose value relies on anotherdependent variable
- 24a variable ruled out to avoid its influence on other variablescontrolled variable
- 25whether or not a study is accuratevalidity
- 26whether or not a study has consistent resultsreliability
- 27repeating a study with different participants to confirm resultsreplication
- 28a sample not representative of the population its drawn frombiased sample
- 29a sample where each member of a population is equally likely to be pickedrandom sample
- 30a selection method where individuals are picked from the entire population in such a way that every set of n individuals has an equal probability of being selectedsimple random sample
- 31a sample method where the population is divided into groups and the proportion of participants in each group matches the proportion of the populationstratified sample
- 32a sample method where one or more entire subgroups are picked to represent the whole populationcluster sample
- 33a sample method where every nth member of the population is selectedsystematic sample
- 34a sample method uses readily available members of a populationconvenience sample
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- Undergraduate Statistics Flashcards on Hayward Statistics Module 1, created by Michelle C on 16/09/2021.
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