Chapter 1 vocab Crossword

Numbers or information describing some characteristic
Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data
complete and entire collection of elements to be studied
collection of data from every element in a population
subset of a population
measured characteristic of a population
measured characteristic of a sample
data consisting of numbers representing counts or measurements
Data that can be separated into different categories distinguished by some non numeric characteristic
Data with the property that the number of possible values is either a finite number or a " countable" number, which results in 0 possibilities, or 1 possibility, or 2 possibilities, and so on
Data resulting from infinitely many possible values that correspond to some continuous scale that covers a range of values without gaps, interruptions, or jumps
Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that consist of names, labels, or categories only
Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that may be arranged in order, but differences between data values either cannot be determined or are meaningless
Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that can be arranged in order and for which differences between data values are meaningful
Level of measurement of data; characterizes data that can be arranged in order, for which differences between data values are meaningful, and there is an inherent zero starting point
observing and measuring specific characteristics without attempting to modify the subject being studied
Study in which data are observed, measured, and collected at one point in time
data are collected from the past by going back in time
data are collected in the future from groups (called cohorts) sharing common factors
occurs in an experiment when the experimenter is not able to distinguish between the effects of different factors
subject does not know he or she is receiving a treatment or placebo
Effect that occurs when an untreated subject incorrectly believes that he or she is receiving a real treatment and reports an improvement in symptoms
procedure used in an experiment whereby the subject doesn't know whether he or she is receiving a treatment or placebo, and the person administering the treatment also does not know
groups of subjects with similar characteristics
repetition of an experiment when there are enough subjects to recognize the differences from different treatments
Select some starting point and then select every element in the population