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A way of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data

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1 A way of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data
Statistics A way of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data

2 population A group that is being studied as part of a statistics ‘experiment’ Examples: A population can be all the residents of a city or a neighborhood All the students in a school All the employees of a company

3 sample A small group chosen for study that is representative of a larger population

4 survey A way of collecting information from a sample

5 unBiased samples Simple Random Sample Systematic Random Sample

6 Biased samples Convenience Sample Voluntary Response Sample

7 When collecting data: It is a good practice to collect multiple samples of data. You then can compare the results of the different samples.


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