Exam

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SHORTANSWER.Writethewordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachstatementoranswersthequestion.

Provideanappropriateresponse.
1) Definethetermspopulation,sample,parameterandstatistic.Howdoesacensus 1)
comparetoasample?

2) Distinguishbetweencategoricalandquantitativedata.Giveanexampleforeach. 2)

3) Definecontinuousanddiscretedataandgiveanexampleofeach. 3)

4) Defineandgiveexamplesfornominal,ordinal,interval,andratiolevelsof 4)
measurement.Describethetypeofstatisticswhichmightbereportedforeach.

5) Listfivedifferentabusesofstatisticsandgiveexamplesforeach. 5)

6) Defineobservationalstudyandexperiment.Definethetermstreatmentgroupand 6)
placebogroupaspartofyouranswer.

7) Describeadoubleblindexperimentandexplainwhyblindingisused.Definetheterm 7)
placeboeffectaspartoftheanswer.

8) Definerandomsample.Explainwhythisisimportantindesignofexperiments. 8)

9) Definethetermsstratifiedsampling,systematicsampling,clustersampling,and 9)
conveniencesampling.Giveexamplesforeach.

10) Definesamplingerrorandnonsamplingerror.Giveexamplesofnonsamplingerror. 10)

11) AhiphopradioshowbroadcastinthecityofPuddeltonaskedpeopletocallinand 11)

expresstheiropinionsonthenewmayor.Aretheresultslikelytoberepresentativeof
alladultsinPuddelton?Ofalllistenerstothehiphopshow?Whyorwhynot?

12) Agroupofmenaged50-59followedastrictexerciseregimeforoneyear.Themean 12)

reductioninsystolicbloodpressureattheendoftheyearwas2.7mmHg.Methodsof
statisticswereusedtodeterminethatiftheexerciseregimehadnoeffectonblood
pressure,thelikelihoodofseeingthisreductioninbloodpressurebychancewouldbe
lessthan1in100.Dotheresultshavestatisticalsignificance?Dotheyhavepractical
significance?Explain.

13) Doessystematicsamplingresultinarandomsample?Whyorwhynot? 13)

14) Doesstratifiedsamplingresultinasimplerandomsample?Whyorwhynot? 14)

15) Wouldanobservationalstudyoranexperimentbemoreappropriatetoinvestigatethe 15)

effectsonhumansofasubstanceknowntobetoxic?Explain.