Representative Sample

1. A study in which researchers measure or observe characteristics of the sample members

Representative sample

Observational study

Double-blind study

Unimodal
 

2. Any problem in study design that tends to favor certain results

Statistics

Sample

Bias

Representative sample

Population parameter
 

3. Science of collecting, organizing, and interpreting data

Statistics

Population

Sample

Population parameter
 

4. The most common value in a distribution

Qualitative data

Quantitative data

Mean

Mode

Median
 

5. A single number commonly used to describe the variation in a data distribution

Statistics

Population parameter

Mean

Mode

Median

Standard deviation