BIOL 2300- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)
4 Dec 2017
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Data: collection of observations or measurements, qual or quant. Census: collection of data from every member of populationparameter. Sample: collection of data from subset of populationstatistic. Parameter: numerical summary of values for entire population: fixed number not exact. Statistic: numerical summary of values based on sample: diff samples make diff numbers. Mean rate of sample of mass ny florida: 38. 033. Discrete: values from either finite or infinte. Survey of 100, 37 liked starbcks coffee. Conitnusou: from conitnuum: real umber system or interval or union. Ave inte energy in gas at given temp. Experiment: reasearchers assign subjects to conditions: treatment or intervention. Purpose: determine causal link btw assigned treatments and measured responses. Observation: observe values of varaibles of interest. Purpose: observationl study: describe a group or situation. Cross sectional: data are collected and observed at one point in time. Retro: data collected going back in time. Pros: cohort: data collected in future from groups called cohorts.
