Populations and Samples

A quiz about chapter 6 populations and samples of S2 for Edexcel.

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  • Created by: Abigail
  • Created on: 25-05-11 12:45

1. What is a statistic

  • A population parameter
  • A sample size
  • A quantity calculated solely from observations in a sample
  • A quantity containing parameters
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2. What is a sampling frame?

  • A numbered list of all the members of all the sampling units
  • A population parameter
  • A quantity calculated solely from observations in a sample
  • An individual member of a population

3. What is the definition of a sample?

  • A list of sampling units used to represent a population
  • a selection of individual people or items from a population
  • A collection of individual people or items
  • A quantity calculated solely from the observations in a sample

4. What is a population?

  • A collection of individual items
  • A list of sampling units used to represent a population
  • A quantity calculated solely from the observations in a sample
  • All the people in the world

5. What is a sampling unit?

  • A list of sampling units used to represent a population
  • An individual member of the population
  • A collection of individual items
  • A quantity calculated solely using the observations from a sample

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