4.1 Statistics Vocabulary Test

The ____________ in a statistical study is the entire group of individuals we want information about.

• Population

• Sample

• Control Group

• Simple Random Sample

A _______ collects data from every individual in the population.

• survey
• poll
• interview
• census

A _______ is a subset of individuals in the population from which we actually collect data.

• experiment
• sample
• population
• survey

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A _________ is a study that collects data from a sample that is chosen to represent a specific population.

• observation
• sample survey

• analysis
• experiment

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Choosing individuals from the population who are easy to reach results in a ________ sample.

• random sample

• representative sample

• convenience sample

• biased sample

The design of a statistical study shows bias if it is very likely to underestimate or very likely to overestimate the value you want to know.

• bias

• Precision

• Confidence

• Variance

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___________ sampling allows people to choose to be in the sample by responding to a general invitation.

• Convenience
• Accidental
• Voluntary Response

• Random

A _________ of size n is chosen in such a way that every group of n individuals in the population has an equal chance to be selected as the sample.

• Convenience sample

• Stratified sample

• Simple random sample

• Cluster sample

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_____________ selects a sample by choosing an SRS from each stratum and combining the SRSs into one overall sample.

• Stratified random sampling
• Convenience sampling
• Systematic sampling
• Cluster sampling

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____________ selects a sample by randomly choosing clusters and including each member of the selected clusters in the sample.

• Random sampling

• Cluster sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Convenience sampling