Kin 4310 Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

scientific method consist of what 3 things - -measurement -evaluation -prediciton measurement - -the act of assigning numbers or symbols to describe a specific property of something -the systematic collection of information upon which a decision is based evaluation - to examine and judge carefully; appraise -the use of measurement in making decisons predicition - -the act of predicting (by reasoning about the future) law - a concise statement of fact that has been proven time and time ...

Hypothesis - An educated guess Statistics - A mathematical discipline that involves planning experiments, conducting experiments, collecting data, drawing inferences Population - All things to which your hypothesis pertains Census - Attempt to measure everything in a population; hardly ever done in statistics because it is hard to do accurately Sample - Subset of population that is a reflection of that population Descriptive statistics - Things you used to describe characteristics of a ...

_____ is when a participant in an experiment does not know which treatment he or she is receiving. - Blinding What is statistics? - A set of tools and techniques used for planning experiments, collecting data, describing data, and interpreting information A random sample of NFL players are weighed, and their mean weight is found to be 217 lbs. This value is a(n): - statistic A researcher plans to obtain data by examining the chart history of those in cancer research since January of 2...

Which of the following is an example of an ordinal level of measurement? - Rank (e.g., first, second, third, etc.) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in the country is $60,336. This value is a(n): - Measure of central tendency A researcher plans to obtain data by examining the chart history of those in cancer remission since January of 2002. What type of study is this? - Retrospective A market researcher randomly selects 120 male consumers and 120 female co...

Scientific Method - series of steps that include measurement, evaluation, and prediction Measurement - act of assigning numbers or symbols to describe a specific property systematic collection of info upon which decision is based Evaluation - to examine and judge carefully used of mesurement in making decisions mainly looking for patterns prediction - act of predicting by reasoning about the future models allow to predict the future law - is a concise statement of fact that has been pr...

scientific method consist of what 3 things - -measurement -evaluation -prediciton measurement - -the act of assigning numbers or symbols to describe a specific property of something -the systematic collection of information upon which a decision is based evaluation - to examine and judge carefully; appraise -the use of measurement in making decisons predicition - -the act of predicting (by reasoning about the future) law - a concise statement of fact that has been proven time and time ...

Hypothesis - An educated guess Statistics - A mathematical discipline that involves planning experiments, conducting experiments, collecting data, drawing inferences Population - All things to which your hypothesis pertains Census - Attempt to measure everything in a population; hardly ever done in statistics because it is hard to do accurately Sample - Subset of population that is a reflection of that population Descriptive statistics - Things you used to describe characteristics of a ...

_____ is when a participant in an experiment does not know which treatment he or she is receiving. - Blinding What is statistics? - A set of tools and techniques used for planning experiments, collecting data, describing data, and interpreting information A random sample of NFL players are weighed, and their mean weight is found to be 217 lbs. This value is a(n): - statistic A researcher plans to obtain data by examining the chart history of those in cancer research since January of 2...

Which of the following is an example of an ordinal level of measurement? - Rank (e.g., first, second, third, etc.) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in the country is $60,336. This value is a(n): - Measure of central tendency A researcher plans to obtain data by examining the chart history of those in cancer remission since January of 2002. What type of study is this? - Retrospective A market researcher randomly selects 120 male consumers and 120 female co...

Scientific Method - series of steps that include measurement, evaluation, and prediction Measurement - act of assigning numbers or symbols to describe a specific property systematic collection of info upon which decision is based Evaluation - to examine and judge carefully used of mesurement in making decisions mainly looking for patterns prediction - act of predicting by reasoning about the future models allow to predict the future law - is a concise statement of fact that has been pr...