PSY 21500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statistical Parameter, Statistical Inference, Low-Density Lipoprotein
16 Apr 2021
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A population is a large amount of people used to sample or to study, a subset of the population. Sample is smaller and we learn more about the sample than the population. Sample statistics is any value from a sample, popular parameters is any characteristic based on population, sampling errors are differences naturally exist between population and sample. It"s not in the sample but rather outside the sample. The gray: for each of the following situations, identify the (a) population, (b) the sample, (c) the sample statistic, and (d) the population parameter. In a gallup poll of 1,018 adults in the united states, it was found that 22% smoked cigarettes in the past week. (1,018 sample, 22% smoked statistics is sample statistics, adults in united. States is population, population parameter is not here, it would be true percent of adults that smoked last week.
