Test Bank For Elementary Statistics, 12th
Edition By Mario Triola
data - ANSWER-collections of observations, such as measurements, genders, or
survey responses.
datum - ANSWER-singular form of data
statistics - ANSWER-the science of planning studies and experiments; obtaining
data; and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting
those data and then drawing conclusions based on them
population - ANSWER-the complete collection of ALL measurements or data that
are being considered
census - ANSWER-collection of data from every member of the population
sample - ANSWER-a subcollection of members selected from a population
voluntary response sample - ANSWER-(self-selected sample) a sample in which
the respondents themselves decide whether to be included
statistical significance - ANSWER-achieved in a study when we get a result that is
very unlikely to occur by chance
practical significance - ANSWER-when results show that some treatment or
finding is effective, but common sense suggests that the treatment or finding does
not make enough of a difference to justify its use or be practial
correlation - ANSWER-association between two variables (does not imply
causation)
nonresponse - ANSWER-when someone either refuses to answer a survey question
or is unavailable
precision - ANSWER-does not mean accurate
parameter - ANSWER-numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a
population
Edition By Mario Triola
data - ANSWER-collections of observations, such as measurements, genders, or
survey responses.
datum - ANSWER-singular form of data
statistics - ANSWER-the science of planning studies and experiments; obtaining
data; and then organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting
those data and then drawing conclusions based on them
population - ANSWER-the complete collection of ALL measurements or data that
are being considered
census - ANSWER-collection of data from every member of the population
sample - ANSWER-a subcollection of members selected from a population
voluntary response sample - ANSWER-(self-selected sample) a sample in which
the respondents themselves decide whether to be included
statistical significance - ANSWER-achieved in a study when we get a result that is
very unlikely to occur by chance
practical significance - ANSWER-when results show that some treatment or
finding is effective, but common sense suggests that the treatment or finding does
not make enough of a difference to justify its use or be practial
correlation - ANSWER-association between two variables (does not imply
causation)
nonresponse - ANSWER-when someone either refuses to answer a survey question
or is unavailable
precision - ANSWER-does not mean accurate
parameter - ANSWER-numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a
population
