Inference Vocabulary

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Which group of students should Ana survey to get the most accurate opinion on the tardy policy? Options: thirty students who are often tardy, thirty students who are rarely tardy, thirty of her friends, thirty randomly selected students from her school.

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thirty randomly selected students from her school

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A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.

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Biased

Front

sample

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part of a population

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Population

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A population can be any group that is appropriate for a particular situation.

Front

A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

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Unbiased/Systematic Random Sample

Front

What are the 5 number summary of a box and whisker plot?

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minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum

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Identify the Sample: A restaurant wants to know if customers buy dessert when they eat out. As people leave the restaurant one evening, 20 people are surveyed at random.

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20 customers

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What should a sample be representative of?

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representative of the population