Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
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value of a statistic that estimates the value of a parameter

A

point estimate

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2
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interval of numbers based on a point estimate

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confidence interval

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3
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expected proportion of intervals that will contain the parameter if a large number of different samples is obtained

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level of confidence

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4
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n-1 : observations that have freedom to be whatever value they wish

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degrees of freedom

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