Chapter 10

Question 1

Statistic

Answer 1

Describes a sample (A class representing the whole of UWF)

Question 2

Parameter

Answer 2

Describes a population (The U.S. Census)

Question 3

Sampling error

Answer 3

The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population.

Question 4

Non-sampling error

Answer 4

Any error, whether systemic or random, that results in an error in the representation of the population

Question 5

How do we minimize sampling errors?

Answer 5

Get a larger sample. As the sample size increases, the possibility of error decreases because the sample becomes closer to the actual population size

Question 6

Mean

Answer 6

Regular meaning of “average”: In our research, this value was found to be a great average of our findings

Question 7

Mode

Answer 7

Most often: In our research, this value showed up most often in our findings

Question 8

Median

Answer 8

Middle value: In our research, we found this value to be in the middle of the figures we received