lecture 2 confidence and significance Flashcards

1
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sampling error is differnce dued to _____.

A

random variation

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2
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systematic error definition

A

differnce in way of chossing sample

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3
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the distributi8on of the estimated means is called ____

A

sampling distribution of the mean

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4
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central limit theorem is when the sampling distribution of the statistic mean become

A

normal distribution

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5
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when the histrogram is skewed, how we report it?

A

mean

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6
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Two researchers used two different samples and studied the expected hours of sleep in the population. Both samples had the same mean 8.5 and standard deviation of 2 hours. The 95% confidence interval for Researcher A was [7, 9] and the 95% confidence interval for Researcher B was [6, 11]. Which of the two researchers had the larger sample size?

Select one:

a.
Researcher A

b.
Researcher B

A

a

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