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MAT 210: Introductory Statistics: Sampling Distributions

Sampling Distributions

In this section, you will use the information from your sample to determine what is true about the entire population.

Vocabulary

Parameter - a number that describes some aspect of a population.

Statistic - a number that is computed from the data in a sample. 

Point Estimate - an estimate of the true value of the population parameter. 

Sampling Distribution - a graph showing how the samples from the same population vary.

Standard Error - the standard deviation of a sample population.

Recommended Exercises

Page 173 & 174

3.1 - 3.19

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