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Lesson 1: Statistical Methods
6 Review Questions < Back | Lesson 2 >
  1. Which of the following are characteristics of a statistic?
a. Is a number calculated from a sample
b. Vary from sample to sample
c. Are not important, that is to say they are not the numbers we would ideally have
d. All of the above

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  1. True or False. A population is the set of all values of a single measurement from a random variable collected under certain environmental conditions?
a. True
b. False

Response:

  1. Which of the following is an experimental unit?
a. A ponderosa pine tree
b. A mountain chickadee
c. A wildland fire
d. A particular chain saw
e. All of the above

Response:

  1. True or False. A sample is a subset of a population but it is often imposable to collect.
a. True
b. False

Response:

  1. Which of the following are characteristics of a parameter?
a. A parameter is any number calculated from a population
b. We use parameters to calculate their corresponding statistic
b. Parameters are usually known, or they are not hard to obtain
d. None of the above

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LESSON 1
1 Concepts and Terms
2 Populations and Samples
3 Parameters and Statistics
4 Descriptive Statistics
5 Inferential Statistics
6 Review Questions
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