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What does standard deviation represent?

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How spread out each data value is from the mean.

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What is the population in a survey of 976 American households where 32% own two cars?

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All American households.

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Find P(Male given Full Time) if there are 3 males and 10 full-time students.

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3/10.

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What is the probability P(Pizza Given Senior) if there are 10 seniors and 15 total students?

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2/3.

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What type of sampling is used when surveying all waiters and waitresses at 20 randomly selected restaurants?

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Cluster sampling.

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Define 'population' in statistics.

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The entire group of individuals or instances about whom we hope to learn.

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Define 'sample' in statistics.

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A subset of the population selected for analysis.

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What is the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics?

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Descriptive statistics summarize data, while inferential statistics make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample.

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What does a p-value represent in hypothesis testing?

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The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the observed results, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

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What is a confidence interval?

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A range of values, derived from a data set, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.