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| a sample survey that attempts to include the entire population. |
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| Deliberately imposes some treatment on individuals in order to observe their responses. |
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| the objects described by a set of data |
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| Observes individuals and measures variables of interest, but does not attempt to influence the responses. |
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| the entire group of individual about which we want information |
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| Data that groups or categorizes individuals. |
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| Data that consists of numbers. Calculating sums and averages with this type of data yields meaningful answers. |
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| The part of a population from which we actually collect information. |
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| studies that use an organized plan to choose a sample that represents some specific population. |
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| Different samples yield different results. |
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| the art and science of dealing with data |
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| The specific experiment condition that is changed to measure a difference in response. |
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| any characteristic of an individual. It can take different values for different individuals. |
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