| Question | Answer |
| Experiments | With which the investigator deliberately imposes some condition on the subjects, observing and recording the results |
| Equally Likely Events | A ½ chance. An even chance for all outcomes. |
| Empirical Rule | A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, almost all data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean. |
| Duality | The general correspondence between a confidence interval and the significance test |
| Descriptive Statistics | Used to describe a study in which both the researcher the participant are unaware of the nature of the treatment the participant is receiving. |
| Degrees of Freedom | The number of independent pieces of information that go into the estimate of a parameter |
| Critical Values | It is the value that a test statistic must exceed in order for the null hypothesis to be rejected |
| Correlation Coefficient | Measures the strength and the direction of a linear relationship between two variables. |
| Convenience Sample | Chooses the individuals that are easiest to reach or sampling that is done easy. Does not represent the entire population, so it is considered bias. |
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