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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key statistical concepts: 1. It defines different measures of central tendency including the mode, median, and mean. It also discusses variance and standard deviation as measures of variation within a data set. 2. It defines key concepts related to sampling such as the population, sample, sample size, and different sampling methods including random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, and cluster sampling. 3. It distinguishes between discrete and continuous variables and between dependent and independent variables in statistical studies.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key statistical concepts: 1. It defines different measures of central tendency including the mode, median, and mean. It also discusses variance and standard deviation as measures of variation within a data set. 2. It defines key concepts related to sampling such as the population, sample, sample size, and different sampling methods including random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, and cluster sampling. 3. It distinguishes between discrete and continuous variables and between dependent and independent variables in statistical studies.

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    This document provides definitions and explanations of key statistical concepts: 1. It defines different measures of central tendency including the mode, median, and mean. It also discusses variance and standard deviation as measures of variation within a data set. 2. It defines key concepts related to sampling such as the population, sample, sample size, and different sampling methods including random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, and cluster sampling. 3. It distinguishes between discrete and continuous variables and between dependent and independent variables in statistical studies.

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    Statistic Mode Median Mean  

     Variance Standard
    A single measure of some attribute of a deviation
    sample. By applying function to form a The value of data of the The value of data in the The average of data. is a measure
    set of data. Contains mode, median and highest frequency. middle. based on the provides insight
    mean. deviations of into how much
    individual scores variation there is
    from the mean within a group
    of values.
    Population
    A set of similar items or events which is of interest for some question or experiment
    Parameter
    Is a quantity that indexes of family or probability distribution.
    Sample Sample Size
    A data sample is a set of data collected
    and the world selected from a statistical refers to the number of patients / test specimens that finish the study and not the number that entered it.
    population by a defined procedure.

    a)  Random sampling b) Stratified random c)Systematic sampling d) Cluster sampling


      samples
    is when the study subjects involves having the is when the population is first
    are chosen completely by are constructed by first population in a divided into natural subgroups, often
    chance. At each draw, dividing a heterogeneous predetermined sequence based on their being geographically
    Probabilty every member of the population into strata and e.g. names in alphabetical close to each other e.g. houses in a
    population has the same then taking random order. A starting point is street, staff in one hospital. A
    chance of being selected as samples from within each then picked randomly and number of clusters are then
    any other person. Tables of stratum. Strata may be the person whose name randomly sampled.
    random digits are available chosen to reflect only one falls in that position is
    to ensure true randomness. or more aspects of that taken as the first to be
    population. sampled.
    Convenience sampling b) Quota sampling
    Nonprobability refers to taking persons as they arrive on the scene and is is similar to convenience sampling except that those sampled are
    continued until the full desired sample number has been selected in the same ratio as they are found in the general
    obtained. It is NOT representative of the population. population.

    Discrete Variable Continuous Variable Dependent Variable Independent Variable

    has a limited number of can take on many different is that variable in which is a variable that is manipulated,
    values e.g. gender (male or values anywhere between the researcher is interested, measured, or selected by the
    Variable female) the lowest and highest but is not under his/her researcher as an antecedent
    points on the measurement control. It is observed and (precursor) condition to an observed
    scale. measured in response to behaviour. In a hypothesized cause-
    the independent variable and-effect relationship, the
    independent variable is the cause
    and the dependent variable is the
    outcome or effect

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