I would like this discussion section to be used to apply statistical terms to an
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Question
I would like this discussion section to be used to apply statistical terms to an area that is of interest to you. Your initial discussion posting should be a question that you are interested in learning more about. For example, I would like to improve my golf game. My question would be "What are effective techniques that can be used to improve a golf game?" The discussion posting would be ideas to help set up a study that would answer the question. Any of the following could be possible discussion postings:
1) What sampling technique would you use to select the sample for the study?
2) Describe the method for collecting data?
3) What type of data do you expect to collect: qualitative or quantitative or both?
4) What type of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics could you use to answer your question?
5) What levels of measurement might be used in the study?
6) Will the data collected for the study represent a population or a sample?
Explanation / Answer
1) I would say Random sampling would be the best technique
2) Each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected as subject. These data are to be collected on primary basis like with the help of questionnaire.
3)Data should be both qualitative and quantitative, as limiting to one backs us with opportunities.
4)Descriptive statistics provide simple summaries about the sample and the measures. We can give the basic details regarding the study.
we use inferential statistics to try to infer from the sample data what the population might think.
suppose you need to collect data on a very large population. For example, suppose you want to know the average height of all the men in a city with a population of so many million residents. It isn't very practical to try and get the height of each man.
This is where inferential statistics comes into play.
*As per Chegg poilicy, answering 1st 4 sub parts. Thanks.