Design of a statistical study
Experimental design
Sampling techniques
Vocab
misc.
100
statistical study
What is usually categorized as a observational study
100
placebo effect
What occurs when a subject reacts favorably to a placebo when in fact the subject has been given a fake treatment
100
census
What is a count or measure of an entire population
100
a numerical or other measurable factor forming one or sets that defines a system or sets the conditions of it operation
What is parameter
100
data based related by the measure by the quality of something
What is qualitative data
200
treatment
What is applied to part of a population
200
sampling
What is a count or measure of part of a population
200
a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like
What is sample
200
the study of the collection of data
What is statistics
300
control group
What is another part of a population
300
blinding
What is used to help control or minimize the placeboo effect
300
sampling error
What is the difference between the results of a sample and those of a popualtion
300
all the inhabitants or a particular town, area, or country
What is population
300
qualitative data that can be measured
What is continious data
400
experimental units
What is the subjects in the treatment and control
400
randomization
What is a process of randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups
400
random sample
What is is one in which every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected
400
individually separate and distinct
What is discrete
400
attributes only named
What is nominal level of measurement
500
placebo
What is a fake treatment that is made to look like a real treatment
500
blocks
What is a group of subjects with similar characteristics
500
what is a sample in which every possible sample of the same size has the same chance of being selected
What is simple random sample
500
data that is based on numbers
What is quantitative data
500
attributes can be ordered
What is ordinal level of measurement
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