Unit 7

Question 1

A number that describes some characteristic of a sample

Answer 1

Statistic

Question 2

A number that describes some characteristic of a population

Answer 2

Parameter

Question 3

Different random samples of the same size from the same population produce different values for a statistic

Answer 3

Sampling Variability

Question 4

The distribution of values taken by the statistic in all possible samples of the same size from the same population

Answer 4

Sampling Distribution

Question 5

A statistic used to estimate a parameter where the mean of its sampling distribution is equal to the value of the parameter being estimated

Answer 5

Unbiased Estimator

Question 6

Describes the distribution of values taken by the sample proportion in all possible samples of the same size from the same population

Answer 6

Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion

Question 7

Describes the distribution of values taken by the sample mean in all possible samples of the same size from the same population

Answer 7

Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean

Question 8

When the size of an SRS is sufficiently large, the sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal

Answer 8

Central Limit Theorem (CLT)