Chapter 17 - Determination of Sample Size A review of Statistical Theory PDF

Title	Chapter 17 - Determination of Sample Size A review of Statistical Theory
Author	Elizabeth Tapar
Course	Applied Research Methodology
Institution	Seneca College
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LSP700 - Applied Research Chapter 17 - Determination of Sample Size: A review of Statistical Theory November 4, 2018 Descriptive Statistics - describe characteristics of populations or samples. Summarizes a complete set of collected data. Inferential Statistics - make inferences about whole populations from a sample Sample Statistics - variables in a sample or measures computed from sample data Population Parameters - variable/characteristic in a population or measured characteristics of the population Statistic - is a variable/characteristic of a sample Making Data Usable ➔ Frequency Distribution - a set of data organized by summarizing the number of times a particular value of a variable occurs. >>frequency>percentage>probability...