EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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, Statistics - Answer: A branch of mathematics that focuses on the organization, analysis, & interpretation
of information.
The method for describing and interpreting research results.
Population - Answer: All possible observations about which we would like to know something.
Sample - Answer: A subset of the population.
Point of Research - Answer: To be able to make generalizations or predictions about events beyond our
reach.
Statistic - Answer: A number that characterizes a sample.
Mnemonic - SS
Parameter - Answer: A number that characterizes a population.
Mnemonic - PP
Samples go with... - Answer: Statistics
Populations go with... - Answer: Parameters
Descriptive Statistics - Answer: Procedures give statements summarizing and describing a group of
numbers.
What do the numbers say?
Inferential Statistics - Answer: Use sample data to make general estimates about the larger population.