ProbStats Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

__________ consist of information from observations, counts, measurements, or responses.

The _________________ is ALL the subjects/elements of interest.

A __________________ is a selected subgroup of the population.

A __________________is a numerical description of a characteristic of a population.

A ________________ is a numerical description of a sample.

________________  ________________ is data that consists of categories, labels, or characteristics. This data is not numerical – we wouldn’t do math with it.

________________  ________________ is data that consists of measurements or amounts. This data is numerical (we would do math with it) and usually has units of measure.

The __________________ in a statistical study (there can be more than one!) is/are the information that is recorded.

An ________________  ________________ is a study in which the subject’s natural environment is not changed.

A ________________________ observational study uses historical data.