Stat and Prob G11

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What do you call a number that describes a population characteristic?

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Parameter

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What do you call the set of all people, objects, events, or ideas you want to investigate?

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Population

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A sample refers to _____________ of a population.

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A subset

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Which of the following is a method of selecting a sample from a population?

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All of the above (systematic sampling, random sampling, stratified sampling)

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Which symbol denotes population mean?

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µ

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What is the difference between a sample and a population?

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A sample is a subset of a population used to represent the whole.

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What is systematic sampling?

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A method where samples are selected at regular intervals from a sorted list.

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What is random sampling?

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A method where each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

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What is stratified sampling?

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A method where the population is divided into subgroups and samples are taken from each.

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What does the symbol 's' represent in statistics?

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Sample standard deviation.