The Use of Observation as a Data Gathering Method Can

question 22

Multiple Choice

The use of observation as a data gathering method can generate:

• A) Quantitative data.
• B) Qualitative data.
• C) Both quantitative and qualitative data.
• D) Numeric data.

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Definitions:

Population Means

The average value of a particular characteristic within an entire population.

Standard Error

A measure that describes the variability of a sampling distribution, specifically the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.

Sample Mean

The average value of a subset of observations from a larger population, intended to estimate the population mean.

Resamples

The process of drawing repeated samples from the same initial dataset, typically used in bootstrap and other resampling methodologies.