S2 Definitions

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  • Created on: 09-05-13 11:30
Population
a complete collection of all individual items
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Sample
a selection of individual members from a population
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Hypothesis
a statement concerning a population parameter
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Sampling Frame
a list of all sampling units used in practice to represent a population
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Sampling Unit
an individual member of a population
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Critical Region
the range of values of a test statistic that would lead you to reject H0
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Test Statistic
a statistic used in a hypothesis test
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Null Hypothesis
the working hypothesis assumed to be true
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Significance Level
the probability of incorrectly rejecting H0
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Statistic
a random variable consisting of a function with no unkown parameters
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Sampling Distribution
all possible samples are chosen from a population, the values of a statistic and their probabilities is a sampling distribution
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Census
an investigation where information is obtained from every member of a population
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Hypothesis Test
a population parameter proposed by the null hypothesis compared with an alternative hypothesis
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Card 2

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a selection of individual members from a population

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Sample

Card 3

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a statement concerning a population parameter

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Card 4

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a list of all sampling units used in practice to represent a population

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Card 5

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an individual member of a population

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