Across
- 5. claim about characteristic of population
- 8. the construction of a mathematical model for some process, situation, etc, in order to estimate its characteristics
- 10. numerical description of a sample characteristic.
- 11. a symmetrical bell-shaped curve representing the probability density function of a normal distribution
- 13. subset of a population
- 15. a non-probability sampling method where units are selected for inclusion in the sample
- 17. a process or procedure that can be repeated and that has a set of well-defined possible results or outcomes
- 20. a mathematical function that describes the probability of different possible values of a variable
- 21. if all members of the population are equally likely to be selected for the sample
- 22. a method of choosing a sample of observations from a population to make assumptions about the population
Down
- 1. a method that you divide a population into clusters, and then randomly select some of these clusters as your sample
- 2. a numerical description of the outcome of a statistical experiment
- 3. when the wording of a question systematically influences the responses
- 4. a probability sampling method where researchers select members of the population at a regular interval
- 6. collection of data
- 7. some members of the population have a higher or lower sampling probability than others
- 9. a method that a sample is formed by members of the population who volunteer themselves for selection
- 12. statistical studies of a population group where there is no treatment or intervention done by researchers
- 14. numerical description of a population characteristic
- 16. method that researchers divide subjects into subgroups called strata based on characteristics that they share
- 18. a statistical measurement that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values
- 19. a systematic deviation from the actual value