Details Title: Argumentation- Ochieng midterm Description: Chapters.8-13 Total Flash Cards: 19 Created: 03/03/2009 21:41:06		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Debate/Speech Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Statistics Definition numerical evidence from records, studies, reports, surves, polls, and the like.   Term Sampling Definition selecting and observing members of a group or population who are taken to be representative of the rest of the group. Term Generalizations from a sample Definition claims that take, as their evidence, observation of a sample drawn from a population, and advance a general conclusion about members of the population not directly observed Term sample Definition the members of a group actually observed or consulted. Term population Definition the group or class to which the generalization is meant to apply Term property Definition a quality projected from the sample to the population Term extent of the generalization Definition the portion of the population that is said to exhibit the property Term representative Definition that the sample accurately reflects the presence of the quality in the entire population Term variation Definition relevant differences among members in a population-- the degree to which members of a population vary in ways that may be relevant to the quality being tested in a generalization Term fallacy of hasty generalization Definition a generalization based on a sample that is too small to support it Term relative sample size Definition the size of a sample relative to the total number of members in the population Term Stratified sample Definition a sample that adequately reflects the various groups and variations within the population Term random sample Definition a sample in which every member of a given population had an equal chance of being selected for the sample Term mean Definition arithmetical average, the sum of a set of figures divided by the number of figures in the set Term median Definition the figure that exactly diveds the top halfr from the bottom half in a range of figures Term mode Definition the most frequently occurring observation or response in a sample Term prediction Definition a statement that assumes that what is true of the population now will also be true of it in the future Term Definition Term Definition