Statistical reasoning for health sciences 2025

Statistical reasoning for health sciences 2025 Population - Answer-Collection of persons things or objects under study. Sample - Answer-a subset of the population statistic - Answer-a number that describes some characteristic of a sample Parameter - Answer-a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a population representative sample - Answer-a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole Variable - Answer-A characteristic that can be determined for each member of a population. Numerical Variables (Quantitative) - Answer-Take on values with equal units such as weight in lbs or time in hours Categorical Variable (Qualitative) - Answer-place an individual into groups based on a characteristic, behavior, or outcome Data - Answer-Actual values of the variable. Can be words or numbers. qualitative data - Answer-Data that approximates or characterizes but does not measure the attributes, characteristics, properties, etc., of a thing or phenomenon. quantiative data - Answer-Information that can be expressed in statistical or numerical form random sample - Answer-method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected stratified sample - Answer-the population is divided into strata and a proportionate random sample is taken from each stratum cluster sample - Answer-obtained by selecting all individuals within a randomly selected collection or group of individuals