BIT 2405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Statistical Process Control
15 Feb 2016
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A population is the total set of subjects or things we are interested in studying: we want to find a sample that accurately reflects the population. When conducting polls for the presidential race, we want to make sure that we are polling people who actually plan to vote in the election: populations can come in all shapes and sizes, frame. A list containing all members of the population. The frame for the us would be a list of the names of all of the people living in the us. Census: a census is a survey that includes all the elements or units in the frame, population parameters. Chapter 1 outline: decision making using statistics, who will be our next president, how do statisticians make predictions, choosing a population. Populations can have many parameters and can either be expressed as averages or percentages. The percentage of eligible voters who will vote on election day.
