Statistics Terms & Definitions: Chapter 1 Study Set

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Statistics

the study of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data.

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Variables

the characteristics of the individuals within the population

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Parameter

a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population

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statistic

a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample

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Simple Random Sample

n measurements from a population is a subset of the population selected in such a manner that every sample of size n from the population has an equal chance of being selected