Application- Video 1

Question 1

If I take a random sample of 20 hamburgers from FIVE GUYSand count the number of pickles on a bunch of them… and one if them had nine pickles , then the number nine from that burger would be called _______ ?

Answer 1

Datum or a data value

Question 2

If I take a random sample 20 hamburgers from FIVE GUYS and count the number of pickles on a bunch of them… and the average number of pickles was 9.5, then 9.5 is considered ________ ?

Answer 2

Statistic (summary of the sample)

Question 3

If I take a random sample of 20 hamburgers from FIE GUYS and count the number of pickles on a bunch of them… and I do this because I want to know the true average number if pickles on a burger at FIVE GUYS, the true average number of pickles is considered a _________ ?

Answer 3

Parameter (summary of a population) or the population of interest

Question 4

What is the difference between a sample and a census?

Answer 4

A sample is when you collect data from a portion of the population where as a census is data collection of an entire population. You can get a parameter from a census but can only get a statistic form a sample.

Question 5

Use the following words in one sentence: population, parameter, census, sample data, statistics, inference, population of interest.

Answer 5

When a population is too large to find the parameter through a census, one can collect sample data from a sample of the population of interest in order to produce a statistic which can be used to make an inference about the entire population.

Question 6

If you are tasting soup… Then the flavor of each individual strings in the spoon is the ______, the entire spoon is a ________. The flavor of that stuff together is like the _________ and you use that to _______ about the attire pot of soup which would be the ___________.

Answer 6

Data
Sample 
Statistic 
Infer or Make an Inference 
Parameter