Statistical Inference

process of generalizing conclusions about the target population on the basis of results obtained from a sample.

• epidemiology

• statistical inference

• sampling variation

• sampling distribution

the product of statistical interference is called

• conclusion

• estimation

• inference

• hypothesis

uses of sample statistic is to determine what

• sample

• known parameter

• parameter

• unknown parameter

measures such as mean, median, mode, 

SD, variance, etc.

• estimation

• parameter

• statistics

• hypothesis

when computed from the sample.

(Data from the sample)

• parameter

• hypothesis

• estimation

• statistics

when measures are computed from the population

• statistics

• estimation

• parameter

• hypothesis

data from the entire population

• hypothesis

• statistics

• estimation

• parameters

statistics that can be computed from the sample depending on which ones were randomly included in the sample 

• statistical inference

• sampling variation

• hypothesis testing

• sampling distribution

sampling variation is the statistics vary from sample to sample?

• False

• True

statistical notations: μ

• parameter mean

• statistic mean

• parameter variance

• statistic variance