Ch. 1 Vocabulary List Crossword

What is made up of number or information describing some characterisits
Collection of methods for planning experiment, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data
What is the complete and entire collection of elements to be studied
What is the collection of data from every element in a population
Subset of a population
What are the measured characterisitcs of a population
The measured characteristic of a sample
Data consisting of numbers representing counts or measurements
Data that can be seperated into different categories distinguished by some nonnumeric characterisitc
Data with the property that the number of possible values is either a fnite number or a "countable" number, which results in 0 possibilities, or 1 possibility, or 2 possibilities, and so on.
Data resulting from infinetly 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.
Study in which we observe and measure specific characteristics, but don't attempt to manipulate or modify the subjects being studied.
Study in which data are observed, measured, and collected at one point in time.
Study in which data are collected from the past going back in time(through examination of records, interviews, and so on).
Study of subjects in identified groups sharing common factors(called cohorts), with data collected in the future.
A situation that occurs when the effects from two or more variables cannot be distinguished from each other.
A procedure used in experiments whereby the subject doesn't know whether he or she is receiving a treatment of a placebo.
An effect that occurs when an untreated subject incorrectly believes that he or she is receiving a real treatment and reports an improvement in symptoms.
A 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.
A group of subjects that are similar in the ways that might affect the outcome of an experiment.
Replication of an experiment
Sampling in which every kth element is selected.
Sampling in which data are selected because they are readily available.
Sampling in which samples are drawn from each stratum(class).
Dividing the population area into sections(or clusters), then randomly selecting a few of those sections, and then choosing all the members from those selected sections.
The difference between a sample result and the true population result; results from chance sample fluctuations.
Errors from external factors not related to sampling
Sample selected in a way that allows every member of the population to have the same chance of being chosen.
Sample of a particular size selected so that every possible sample of the same size has the same chance of being chosen.
Design of experiment in which all factors are forced to be constant so that effects of extraneous factors are eliminated.