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Sampling Review

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  • Students are assigned numbers by a computer. Those numbers are then pulled out of a hat to make a sample. Is this a random sample?
    Yes
  • The mean of all wellspring students heights is an example of ________ .
    Population Mean
  • Which samples are more reliable?
    Larger samples
  • If we ask everyone in a population a question then it is called a _______ .
    Census
  • Pie charts are good for displaying data with a ______ number of categories.
    small
  • Median is a measure of ____________ .
    Centre
  • Two samples of students have a different mean. Why is this?
    Sampling variability
  • Interquartile range is a measure of _________ .
    Spread
  • Find the IQR. 57, 81, 33, 30, 38, 40, 51, 91
    10
  • A population is _____ .
    Everyone in the target group
  • Make a statistical observation about variability.
    any correct
  • American students take less time to get to school that students in SA. Why is this?
    Population variability.
  • What populations are easier to make predictions about?
    Populations where the data isn’t close
  • Make a statistical observation about variability.
    any correct
  • If we ask a subset of the population a question it is a _______ .
    Sample
  • Find the median: 54, 20, 79, 53, 55, 42, 45, 39, 53, 82, 50
    53
  • What is the best month of the year?
    JULY!
  • AS THE SAMPLE SIZE GOES UP. What happens to sample variability ?
    it goes down
  • If we find the mean of a subset then we have a __________
    Sample Statistic