12MST Reports Vocabulary

In a school survey, what is the term used to refer to the total set of students that can be observed?

• Survey

• Sample

• Variable

• Population

A feature (characteristic) of an individual which can be measured

• Population measure

• Sample

• Population

• Population variable

A process of selection in which each student has an equal probability of being chosen for a scholarship

• Random digit dialing

• Random selection

• Representative sample

• Random sample

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Bias

• Claim

• Sample

• Opinion

An inaccuracy in data due to the characteristics of the process employed in the creation, collection, manipulation, and presentation of data, or a faulty sample design

• Survey

• Estimate

• Threat

• Risk

A survey of students scientifically selected to provide opinions about something

• Poll

• Survey

• Estimate

• Vote

An investigation into the opinions or experiences of a group of people, based on a series of questions.

• Poll

• Misery

• Estimate

• Survey

The entire group about which a researcher would like to be able to generalize

• Population measure

• Target Population

• Sample

• Population

A subset of the population

• Selection

• Variable

• Population

• Sample

A value applied to a whole population, which represents a particular characteristic of the population

• Population measure

• Population Variable

• Estimate

• Random selection