A Small Sample Taken from the Body to Represent the Nature

question 12

Multiple Choice

A small sample taken from the body to represent the nature of the whole is known as a

• A) laboratory test.
• B) culture.
• C) specimen.
• D) biopsy.

Recognize the plug-in principle in statistical estimation and its application in bootstrapping.

Identify appropriate bootstrapping methods based on the characteristics of the original sample and the bootstrap distribution.

Differentiate between bootstrap and permutation resampling methods.

Recognize the limitations and accuracies of bootstrap confidence intervals with small samples.

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