Chapter 4 Flashcards

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population

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entire group of individuals we want information from

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census

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collects data from every individual in the population

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sample

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subset of individuals in the population we collect data from

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sample survey

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a study that collects data from a sample to learn about the population from which the sample was selected

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convince sampling

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selects individuals from the population who are easy to reach

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bias

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the design of a statistical study shows bias if it is likely to underestimate or overestimate the value you want to know

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voluntary response sampling

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allows people to choose to be in the sample bu responding to a general invitation

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random sampling

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involves using a chance process to determine which members of a population are included in the sample

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simple random sampling (SRS)

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chosen in a way that every group of n individuals in the population has an equal chance to be selected as the sample

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sampling with replacement

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an individual from a population can be chosen more than once; they are put back into the sample

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sampling without replacement

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an individual from a population can only be chosen once; once they are sampled they are put to the side

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strata

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groups of individuals in a population who share characteristics though to be associated with the variables being measured in a study

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stratified random sampling

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selects a sample by choosing an SRS from each stratum and combining the SRSs into one overall sample
some from all

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cluster

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a group of individuals in the population that are located near each other

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cluster sampling

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selects a sample by randomly choosing clusters and including each member of the selected clusters in the sample
all from some

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systematic random sampling

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selects a sample from an ordered arrangement of the population by randomly selecting one of the first k individuals and choosing every 5th individual after

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under coverage

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occurs when some members of the population are less likely to be chosen or can’t be chosen in a sample

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nonresponse

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occurs when an individual chosen for the sample can’t be contacted or refuses to participate

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response bias

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occurs when there is a systematic pattern of inaccurate answers to a survey question

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observational study

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observes individuals and measures variables of interest but does not attempt to influence the responses
just watching

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confounding

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occurs when two variables are associated in such a way that their effects on a response variable can not be distinguished from each other

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experiment

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deliberately imposes treatments/conditions onto individuals to measure their responses

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placebo

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a treatment that has no active ingredient but is otherwise like the other treatments
the control group

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treatment

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a specific condition applied to the individuals in an experiment

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experimental unit
an object to which a treatment is randomly assigned
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subjects
when the experimental units are humans
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factor levels
an explanatory variable that is manipulated and may cause a change in the response variable different values of a factor
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control group
used to provide a baseline to compare the effects of the other treatments
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placebo effect
the fact that some subjects in an experiment will respond favorably to any treatment, even if its inactive gaslighting yourself into thinking its working
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double blind single blind
total cluelessness, neither the subjects nor those imposing the treatment know what treatment the subject is receiving; helps eliminate bias partial cluelessness, either the subject or those imposing the treatment know what treatment the subject is receiving
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control
keeping other variables constant for all experimental units
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replication
giving each treatment to enough experimental units so that a difference in the effects of treatments can be distinguished from chance variation due to random assignment
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completely randomized design
the experimental units are assigned to treatments completely at random
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block
a group of experimental units that are known before the experiment to be similar in some way that is expected to affect the response to treatments
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randomized block design
the random assignment of experimental units to treatments is carried out separately within each block
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matched pairs
compares two treatments that uses block sizes of 2 can be two similar experimental units paired with each other and the treatments are randomly assigned to each person in the pair each experimental unit can be matched with themselves and the experimental unit would receive both treatments and whatever treatment to start would be randomly selected
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sampling variability
the fact that different random samples of the same size from the same population produce different estimates
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statistically significant
observed results of a study are too unusual to be explained by chance 5% threshold: this would be below 5%
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multistage sampling
two or more sampling methods combined