How to Conduct a Survey
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cahb8989 on October 1, 2008
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reading vocabulary, treasures, lomschool
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
estimate | to come to a conclusion by reasoning or an educated guess |
random sample | in statistics, a sampling technique where a group of subjects (sample) is selected by chance from a larger group (population) for study. every possible sample that could be selected has the same probability of being selected |
representative sample | in statistics, when the group sampled represents a typical example or specimen |
biased sample | a group of subjects in a survey that does not represent the total group |
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