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Statistical Studies
Levels of Measurement
Data Sets
Types of Data
Sampling Techniques
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A type of statistical study in which the researcher does not influence the response.
What is an observational study?
100
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio
What are the Levels of Measurement?
100
The collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts of interest.
What is a population?
100
Qualitative and Quantitative
What are the two types of data?
100
A count or measure of an entire population
What is a census?
200
A researcher deliberately applies a treatment before observing the responses.
What is an experiment?
200
The level of measurement that is put into categories.
What is the nominal level?
200
A subset, or part of a population.
What is a sample?
200
A type of data that consists of attributes, labels, or non-numerical entries.
What is qualitative data?
200
A count or measure of part of a population.
What is sampling?
300
A harmless, fake treatment that is made to look like a real treatment.
What is a placebo?
300
The level of measurement that is put in order.
What is the ordinal level?
300
A numerical description of a population's characteristics.
What is a parameter?
300
A type of data that consists of numerical measurements, or counts.
What is quantitative data?
300
The difference between the results of a sample and those of a population.
What is a sampling error?
400
The subjects in the treatment and the control groups.
What are experimental units?
400
The level of measurement that you can find the difference between values in.
What is the interval level?
400
A numerical description of a sample's characteristics.
What is a statistic?
400
The type of data that classifies the color of the sky.
What is qualitative data?
400
One in which every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.
What is a random sample?
500
A treatment that is applied to part of a population.
What is treatment group?
500
The level of measurement that you can find the difference between ratios in.
What is the ratio level?
500
A recent survey of approximately 400,000 employers reported that the average starting salary for marketing majors is $53,400.
What is a sample statistic?
500
The type of data the classifies your age.
What is quantitative data?
500
Sample in which every possible sample of the same size has the same chance of being selected.
What is a simple random sample?