Lecture 7 Flashcards
1
Q
Population
A
the entire group of people about whom information is needed.
2
Q
Census
A
collecting data from or about every member of the
population of interest.
3
Q
Sample
A
a subset of all the members of a population of
interest.
4
Q
parameter
A
the actual value
5
Q
statistic
A
the value in the sample-used as an estimate of the actual value
6
Q
sampling error
A
the difference between parameter and statistic
7
Q
developing a sampling plan
A
define the target population identify the sampling plane choose a sampling procedure determine the sample size select the sampling elements collect data from the sampling elements
