Across
- 2. a survey of everyone
- 4. used to make predictions
- 6. a type of observational study that just asks questions
- 7. A statistician who does not assign subjects to certain treatments can only observe ______.
- 10. the entire group you want to make assumptions about
- 11. the opposite of an observational study, where the statistician imposes treatments on subjects by telling them what to do
- 12. the specific group you will survey
- 13. A bad thing that statisticians try to avoid by using random assignment and random sampling.
- 15. a manipulated variable, could be chosen by the subject or assigned to them
Down
- 1. ask questions or make observations, but don't manipulate any variables
- 3. Statisticians can make assumptions about an entire population if they use _______ to collect their sample group.
- 5. describes visual characteristics
- 8. A statistician who randomly assigns subjects to treatment groups can assume _____ because they told them what to do.
- 9. observational studies strive to be ____ so they can make assumptions about all of the population.
- 14. how subjects react to a certain treatment
