Ban 280 final - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Element - correct answer the entities on which data are collected Variable - correct answer a characteristic of interest for the element scales of measurement - correct answer nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio qualitative variable - correct answer a categorical variable for which each value represents a discrete category quantitative data...

A measure from the population, such as population mean is called a. a statistic b. sample data c. a parameter d. a standard error - correct answer a parameter The statistic XBAR is the point estimator of a. M b. standard dev. c. S d. 1-a - correct answer M In a random sample, the closer the sample mean is to the population mean, a. the larger the sampling error b. the smaller the sampling error c. sa...

If we have a normal population, and we draw all samples of size 5 from this population, what shape will the sampling distribution of sample means be according to the Central Limit Theorem? a) skewed b) cannot say c) normal d) t-distribution - correct answer normal The statistic x bar is the point estimator of a) mu b) sigma c) beta d) alpha - correct answer mu The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is called the a) sampling error b) margin of error c) standard er...

Running head: SAME SEX MARRIAGE 1 SOCS 350 Week 7 Course Project: Final Paper Laws Regarding Same-Sex Marriages in Maryland Custody and Federal Benefits Tradi tionally, marriage is described in the constitution as the union between one man and one woman. It is also known as a heterosexual marriage. On the other hand, the union between two individuals of the same sex is referred to as same-sex marriage, gay marriage or homosexual marriage. The term marriage implies the union is recognized legally...