Statistics Vocabulary
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The study of how to Collect, Organize, Analyze, and Interprate Data.
What is Statistics
100
Data from a population that is readily available
What is Convenience Sampling
100
The "What" that is being observed
What is Variable
100
A common means to gather data about people is to ask themquestions on/in this...
What is Survey
100
The "Who" in a study
What is Individual
200
A situation where a subject is un-knowingly recieving a falty treatment.
What is Placebo Effect
200
Dividing the population into 2 or more subgroups then a random sample of a certain size is drawn from each group.
What is Stratified Sampling
200
The level of measurement where there is no starting point, there is order, and differences are meaningful.
What is Interval Variable, or Interval
200
A treatment imposed on the variable to see how it changes
What is Experiment
200
This vriable has a value or numerical measurement
What is Quantitative Variable
300
This is conducted in a way that doesn't effect the variable being measured.
What is Observational Study
300
Where every nth member is included in the sample
What is Systematic Sampling
300

The lowest level of measurement

What is Nominal Variable, or Nominal

300
Data from a representative portion of the population
What is Sample
300
Describes an individual by groups or categories
What is Qualitative Variable
400
Used when you want to describe the population that is being studies
What is Descriptive Statisics
400
A technique that gives every member of the population a chance of being selected for the study.
What is Simple Random Study
400

Has a true starting point and is the largest level of measurement

What is Ratio Variable, or Ratio

400
All individuals
What is Population
400

The "method" of testing a hypotheses.

Observe, state a problem, design an experiment, collect and analyze data and report results.

What is The scientific method?

500
To take data and make it more generalized to a broader population group.
What is Inferential Statistics
500

A technique where the population brings themselves forward to be part of the sample.

What is Volunteer Sampling Method

500
The level of measurment where differences have no numerical meaning and categories have order.
What is Ordinal Variable, or Ordinal
500
Where neither the individual or the observer are aware of the differences in this study
What is Double Blind Experiment
500
To avoid this in our studies we use things like controls, randomization, questions that do not lead respondents to a particular answer, blinding etc.

What is Bias?

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