S2 definitions

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Sample
Chosen Members of a population
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Sample survey
investigation using a sample
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Sampling unit
individual units of a population
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Sampling frame
a list of sampling units within a population
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Sampling distrubution
gives values of a statistic and the probability that each would happen by chance alone
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Statistic
an RV that is a function of the sample and has no unknown parameters
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Population
collection of individual people or items, maybe finite or infinite
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Population parameter
a measurable characteristic of a population
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Census
information obtained from an entire population
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Hypothesis testing
An experiment to examine the value of a population parameter proposed by comparing Ho with H1
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Critical region
set of values in a test statistic that leads us to reject the null hypothesis.
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Hypothesis
A statement concerning a population parameter
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Actual significance level
the probability of incorrectly rejecting Ho in a critical region
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investigation using a sample

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Sample survey

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individual units of a population

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Card 4

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a list of sampling units within a population

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Card 5

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gives values of a statistic and the probability that each would happen by chance alone

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