Give the Name and Basic Characteristics of ABS

question 99

Essay

Give the name and basic characteristics of ABS.

Understand the distinction between parameters and statistics.

Describe the process and importance of stratified sampling in research.

Explain the significance of random assignment in experimental design.

Understand the concept of binomial probability and its approximation by the normal distribution.

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Definitions:

Empirical Statements

Assertions about the world that are verifiable through observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Contingent

Not necessary; could have been otherwise. What we believe (or a state of affairs) is contingent if we can imagine its being other than it is.

Royal Road

Historically, a phrase suggesting a direct and effortless path to a solution or goal; originates from the ancient Persian network of roads facilitating rapid communication.

Science

A systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.