Statistics Vocabulary Quiz

A smaller group of a population selected to represent the population

• Population

• Experiment

• Sample

• Convenience Sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

a characteristic of a population

• population

• parameter

• cluster

• observational

Type of sampling that chooses n elements of a population that each have an equal chance of being selected

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

• stratified sampling

• simple random sampling

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Type of sampling where elements of the population are put in a list and every nth element is chosen

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

• stratified sampling

• simple random sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Type of sampling where members of the population are grouped into subgroups before sampling and samples are taken from each subgroup

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

• stratified sampling

• simple random sampling

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Type of sampling where sample elements are selected from volunteers or convenient methods

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

• stratified sampling

• simple random sampling

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Type of sampling where a total population of interest is divided into clusters and (certain) entire clusters are chosen

• systematic sampling

• convenience sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A study where a treatment is imposed on experimental units.

• experimental study

• convenience sampling

• observational study

• cluster sampling

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A study where there is no treatment. You just observe what is happening.

• experimental study

• systematic sampling

• observational study

• cluster sampling

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You want to know how long people in Winston-Salem visited the beach last summer, so you polled 50 random people at the Dixie Classic Fair.

• Population

• Sample

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1