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Probability & Statistics 6.2 Vocabulary

Authored by Luis Jauregui

Mathematics

9th - 12th Grade

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Probability & Statistics 6.2 Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"The sum (or average) of a large number of independent and identically distributed random variables will tend towards a normal distribution, regardless of the underlying distribution of the individual variables, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large" is the same as

The Central Limit Theorem

Null Hypothesis

Alternative Hypothesis

Confidence Interval

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A(n) _______ is a statistical measure that indicates how many standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a population or sample.

Confidence interval

Point estimate

Z-score

Alternative Hypothesis

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A ________ is a numerical value that describes a characteristic of a population.

Statistic

Parameter

Sampling distribution

Standard error

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A ________ is a probability distribution of a statistic computed from a sample taken from a population.

Parameter

Central Limit Theorem

Confidence Interval

Sampling distribution.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a single value that is used to estimate an unknown parameter of a population based on sample data?

Point estimate

Parameter

Confidence level

Standard error

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A(n) _____ is a measure of the variability of a statistic from sample to sample.

Confidence level

Hypothesis test

Standard error

z-score

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The probability that a confidence interval contains the true value of a population parameter is also known as _______.

Test statistic

p-value

z-score

Confidence level

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