Essays Tagged: "Sample (statistics)"

How Statistics Can Be Used and Abused

the truth.In the mathematical sense, statistics are made from information gathered from a specific sample population that was asked a specific question, and then given an error margin. In order for t ... d a specific question, and then given an error margin. In order for the statistics to be valid, the sample population and error margins should be stated in the conclusion. Neglecting to mention any of ...

(3 pages) 74 0 1.7 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Research Design and Statistics Concepts Worksheet

er, 1995, p. 12).Sources of Measurement Differences - Sampling ErrorBea Hansen noted that the large sample collected by means of the web site surveys had a different distribution of gender than the ge ... ite surveys had a different distribution of gender than the general population. This means that the sample is not a true random sample of the general population and speculated that the reason may be t ...

(3 pages) 113 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics