A set of mathematical procedures for organizing, summarizing, and interpreting information

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Set of all individuals of interest in a particular study

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A value---usually a numerical value--- that describes a population (any measurement that describes a population)

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It is a sub-set of a population

Set of individuals selected from a population, usually intended to represent the population in a research study

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A value (usually a numerical value) that describes a sample

Average from the sample only

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Characteristics or condition that changes or has different values for different individuals

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Possible number or category that a score can have

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A particular person's value on a variable (also known as the raw score)

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(Plural) These are measurement or observations, multiple scores

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(Singular) one person a single measurement or observation and is commonly called a score or raw score

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Collection of measurements or observations (e.g. excel file with encoded score)

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(Describing data)

Are statistical procedures, used to summarize, organize, and simplify data

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Technique that allows us to study samples and then make generalizations about the populations from which they were selected

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Seperate, indivisible categories (e.g. numbers of students, etc.)

no decimal values

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Infinite number of possible values that fall between any two observed values

Measuring values

Have decimal values

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Two possible values when observed or measured

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The discrepancy, or amount of error that exists between a sample statistics and the corresponding population parameter

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The natural differences that exist, by chance, between a sample statistic and a population parameter are called ???

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