Biostatistics Exam

Biostatistics is the use of _______ to analyze _______, _________ & ________ data.

Biostatistics is the use of statistics to analyze biological, health & medical data.

Data is the _________ collected as _________, ___________, and _____.

Data is the information collected as observations, measurements, and counts.

Populations is the entire _______ that you want to _______.

Population is the entire group that you want to study.

Sampling is taken when _______ __________ ____________ is impossible

Sampling is taken when full population measurements is impossible.

Population Parameters are ________.

Population Parameters are constant.

Sample is a _______ group taken from the ____________

Sample is a smaller group taken from the population

The 4 types of Sampling are ________, ___________, __________ and _________

The 4 types of sampling are Random, Cluster, Convenience and Stratified

Sampling is how _________ pick __________ from the _________

Sampling is how researchers pick individuals from the population

Bad sampling = ______ ________

Bad sampling = biased response

Random Sampling means ________ has a ________

Random Sampling means everyone has a chance

Convenience Sampling

Participants are selected because they are easy to access.

Stratified Sampling

Population is divided into groups (strata) and samples are taken from each.

Cluster Sampling

Population is divided into clusters.