population

population

Population is the universe of cases that could be sampled and measured for a study.

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    • sampling with replacement

      Sampling with replacement takes a sample from a population, record the values, put all cases back into the population, then sample again; the R function resample() does this.
    • sampling without replacement

      Sampling without replacement takes a sample from a population, remove the object sampled, then sample again from the remaining objects in the population; the R function sample() does this.
    • distribution triad

      Distribution triad means sample distribution, DGP/population distribution and sampling distribution. ​
    • parameters

      Parameters are numbers that summarizes something about a population; parameters are estimated from data; in GLM notation, the parameters (e.g.,  or ) summarize something about the population.
    • observational study

      Observational study is a research design that involves taking a random sample from a population and then measuring some variables; also known as a correlational study.