Understanding Parameters and Statistics

Understanding Parameters and Statistics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Statistics, Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video tutorial introduces key statistical vocabulary, focusing on the concepts of population, sample, parameter, and statistic. It explains how a population encompasses all data of interest, while a sample is a subset of that population. Parameters describe populations, and statistics describe samples. Through examples like political polls, vehicle ages, and household incomes, the tutorial illustrates how statistics are used to infer parameters, emphasizing the importance of understanding these concepts in inferential statistics.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for all the data of interest in a study?

Parameter

Population

Statistic

Sample

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a political poll, what is the subset of the population called?

Statistic

Population

Parameter

Sample

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a parameter describe?

A sample

A survey

A statistic

A population

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the context of a poll, what is the term for a number describing a sample?

Statistic

Parameter

Sample

Population

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If 38% of a sample plans to vote for a candidate, what is this percentage called?

Sample

Population

Statistic

Parameter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the population in the example of the average age of vehicles?

All vehicles in the USA

All registered vehicles in New York DMV

50 randomly selected vehicles

All vehicles in New York

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the vehicle example, what is the statistic?

Median age of vehicles

Average age of 50 randomly selected vehicles

Total number of vehicles

Average age of all vehicles in New York

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