stat vocab

The facts or numbers gathered by a survey

• statistic

• data

• sample

• population

The characteristic used to describe a population

• parameter

• survey

• population

• random sample

The entire set of items from which data can be selected

• random sample

• parameter

• census

• population

A sample that is selected from the population in such a way that every member of the population has the same chance of being selected

• sample

• parameter

• random sample

• survey

The characteristic used to describe a sample

• population

• parameter

• data

• statistic

A method of collecting information about a certain group of people by asking a question or set of questions

• data

• census

• survey

• random sample

The data collected from part of a population

• parameter

• sample

• statistic

• random sample

__________ is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.

• Statistics

• Data

• Population

• Sample

branch of statistics that organizes, summarizes, and displays data

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• parameter

• sample

branch of statistics that draws conclusions about a population based on the results of a sample

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• parameter

• sample