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| The science of collecting,describing, and interpreting data. |
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| A collection or set of individuals, objects or events whose properties are to be analyzed |
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| A subset of the population |
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| Variable (Response Variable) |
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| A characteristics of interest about each individual element of a population or sample. |
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| The value of the variable associated with one element of a population or sample. This value maybe a number , a word , or a symbol. |
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| A list or set of the elements belonging to the population form which the sample will be drawn. |
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| A numerical value summarizing all the data of an entire population. |
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| A planned activity whose results yield a set of data. |
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| A sampling method that produces data that sysematically differ from the sampled population. |
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| A numerical value summarizing the sample data. |
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| Samples that are selected on the basis of being judged "typical". |
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