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• sampling — A method for collecting information and drawing inferences about a larger population or universe, from the analysis of only part thereof, the sample. Censuses of the population are an expensive way of monitoring social and economic change, and… …   Dictionary of sociology

• significance tests — A variety of statistical techniques are used in empirical social research in order to establish whether a relationship between sample variables may be inferred to apply to the population from which the sample was drawn. These techniques assess… …   Dictionary of sociology

• significance — n. 1 importance; noteworthiness (his opinion is of no significance). 2 a concealed or real meaning (what is the significance of his statement?). 3 the state of being significant. 4 Statistics the extent to which a result deviates from a… …   Useful english dictionary

• significance — noun 1》 the quality of being significant; importance. 2》 the unstated meaning to be found in words or events. 3》 (also statistical significance) the extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or… …   English new terms dictionary

• Statistical Significance — A result that is not likely to occur randomly, but rather is likely to be attributable to a specific cause. Statistical significance can be strong or weak, and is important to research in many math and science related fields, including medicine,… …   Investment dictionary

• probability — probability, probability distribution See distribution (statistical or frequency)}} ; sampling ; significance tests ; …   Dictionary of sociology

• statistics — See cluster analysis ; contingency table ; dissimilarity, index of ; Gini coefficient ; hazard model ; inferential statistics ; logistic (or logit) regression ; loglinear analysis ; Lorenz curve ; measurement ; …   Dictionary of sociology

• statistics — /steuh tis tiks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and… …   Universalium

• Confidence interval — This article is about the confidence interval. For Confidence distribution, see Confidence Distribution. In statistics, a confidence interval (CI) is a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter and is used to indicate the… …   Wikipedia

• Statistical hypothesis testing — This article is about frequentist hypothesis testing which is taught in introductory statistics. For Bayesian hypothesis testing, see Bayesian inference. A statistical hypothesis test is a method of making decisions using data, whether from a… …   Wikipedia

• Resampling (statistics) — In statistics, resampling is any of a variety of methods for doing one of the following: # Estimating the precision of sample statistics (medians, variances, percentiles) by using subsets of available data (jackknife) or drawing randomly with… …   Wikipedia