Statistics Basic Vocabulary

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  1. 6. A characteristic of a sample
  2. 7. A random sampling method where the population is divided into clusters, and one or more entire clusters are chosen for the sample
  3. 10. Data that measures quantities
  4. 12. An unknown variable that impacts the study
  5. 13. A subgroup of the population
  6. 17. The branch of statistics that uses known data to produce facts
  7. 19. A characteristic of a population
  8. 20. A known variable that impacts the study
  9. 21. Bias that occurs due to people chosing not to participate in the study
  10. 24. A nonrandom sampling method where researchers choose subjects that are convenient or readily available
  11. 26. The variable that is measured; dependent variable
  12. 27. The branch of statistics that uses known data to draw conclusions and make predictions
  13. 29. An inert treatment that appears like the normal treatment
  14. 31. The process where subjects are chosen for a study
  15. 32. A random sampling method where the population is divided into group, and subjects are randomly chosen from each group
  16. 34. When neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subject group is receiving the treatment
Down
  1. 1. The science of collecting, organizing, displaying, and analyzing data
  2. 2. The process of selecting a subgroup from the population
  3. 3. The variable that the researchers manipulate; independent variable
  4. 4. Gathering information from the entire population
  5. 5. Data that measures qualities
  6. 8. The group that receives the treatment in an experiment; experimental group
  7. 9. The use of chance methods to assign subjects to treatments
  8. 11. The recreation of conditions
  9. 14. The repetition of an experiment or observation to increase reliability
  10. 15. Factors that result in inaccurate data
  11. 16. A random sampling method where subjects from the population are chosen at an interval
  12. 18. When the subjects do not know which subject group is receiving the treatment while the researchers do
  13. 22. The practice of employing methods that reduce the effects of confounding variables
  14. 23. A process of chosing subjects from the population where each individual has an equal chance of being chosen
  15. 25. The tendancy of subjects knowing are involved in a study affecting their behavior
  16. 26. Refers to how the method of observation may produce inaccurate data
  17. 28. The group that does not receive the treatment in an experiment
  18. 30. All of the subjects
  19. 33. A procedure done to investigate how a variable affects another variable