Ch1 - Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Question 1

descriptive statistics

Answer 1

statistical procedures used to summarize, organize, and simplify data

Question 2

inferential statistics

Answer 2

techniques that allow us to study samples and then make generalization about the population from which they were selected

Question 3

sampling error

Answer 3

naturally occurring error, that exists btw a sample statistic and the corresponding population parameter