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An outcome is ______________ if we know the possible values it can have, but not which particular value it takes.
Random
this models a real-world situation by using random-digit outcomes to mimic the uncertainty of a response variable of interest.
Simulation
The sequence of several components representing events that we are pretending will take place.
Trial
Values of the __________________ record the results of each trial with respect to what we were interested in.
Response Variable
The entire group of individuals or instances about whom we hope to learn.
Population
A (representative) subset of a population, examined in hope of learning about the population.
Sample
A study that asks questions of a sample drawn from some population in the hope of learning something about the entire population. Polls taken to assess voter preferences are common examples of this.
Sample Survey
Any systematic failure of a sampling method to represent its population is ___________.
Bias
The best defense against bias is ____________________, in which each individual is given a fair, random chance of selection.
Randomization
The number of individuals in a sample. It determines how well the sample represents the population, not the fraction of the population sampled.
Sample Size
A sample that consists of the entire population is called a _____________.
Census
A numerically valued attribute of a model for a population.
Population Parameter
,__________________ are values calculated for sampled data.
Statistic or Sample Statistic
A sample is said to be __________________ if the statistics computed from it accurately reflect the corresponding population parameters.
Representative
A _________________ of sample size n is a sample in which each set of n elements in the population has an equal chance of selection.
Simple Random Sample
A list of individuals from whom the sample is drawn.
Sampling Frame
