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A
type of experiment used to estimate a population. On the first
day a certain number, M, of the population, N is captured and
tagged or marked. On the second day... |
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A
smaller group of people or objects chosed from a larger group
or population by a process giving equal chance of selection to
all possible people or objects. |
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A
number between zero and one that describes the likelihood that
a given event will take place. For example the _______ of
throwing a six with a single throw of one die is
1/6. |
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A
diagram that is used to show relationships between
sets. |
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A
straight line drawn through or near to as many data points as
possible on a scatterplot. |
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A
graph that uses pictures to show and compare
information. |
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An
average of a set of data. |
| 11
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Middle number of a set of data when listed in
order. |
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The
number that appears most often in a set of
data. | |
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The
collection of data from readily available sources, without
emphasis on methodological rigor. |
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A
variable that is itself a function of the result of a
statistical experiment in which each outcome has a definite
probability of occurrence; also called variate. |
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A
method of displaying the median, quartiles, and extremes of a
set of data using the number line. |
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Two
sets of data plotted as ordered pairs in the coordinate
plane. | |