Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences

Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
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APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES In this newly revised edition of Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences , accomplished statistician Dr. Richard Rossi delivers a robust and easy-to-understand exploration of statistics in the context of applied health science and biostatistics. The book covers sample design, logistic regression, experimental design, survival analysis, basic statistical computation, and many more topics with a strong focus on the correct use and interpretation of statistics. The author also explains how to assess the quality of observed data, how to collect quality data, and the use of confidence intervals in conjunction with hypothesis and significance tests. A thorough introduction to biostatistics, including explanations of fundamental concepts like populations, samples, statistics, biomedical studies, and data set examples A comprehensive exploration of population descriptions, including qualitative and quantitative variables, multivariate data, measures of dispersion, and probability Practical discussions of random sampling, summarizing random samples, and the measurement of the reliability of statistics In-depth examinations of confidence intervals, statistical hypothesis testing, simple and multiple linear regression, and experimental design Perfect for health science and biostatistics students and professors at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels, Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences is also a must-read reference for practitioners and professionals in the fields of pharmacy, biochemistry, nursing, health care informatics, and the applied health sciences.

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Richard J. Rossi. Applied Biostatistics for the Health Sciences

APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Guide

Pages

PREFACE

Topic Coverage

Special Features

Pedagogical Features

Teaching from this Book

Website

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS

1.1 What is Biostatistics?

1.2 Populations, Samples, and Statistics

1.2.1 The Basic Biostatistical Terminology

Example 1.1

Example 1.2

1.2.2 Biomedical Studies

Example 1.3

Example 1.4

Example 1.5

Example 1.6

Example 1.7

1.2.3 Observational Studies Versus Experiments

Example 1.8

Example 1.9

Example 1.10

1.3 Clinical Trials

1.3.1 Safety and Ethical Considerations in a Clinical Trial

1.3.2 Types of Clinical Trials

1.3.3 The Phases of a Clinical Trial

1.4 Data Set Descriptions

1.4.1 Birth Weight Data Set

1.4.2 Body Fat Data Set

1.4.3 Coronary Heart Disease Data Set

1.4.4 Prostate Cancer Study Data Set

1.4.5 Intensive Care Unit Data Set

1.4.6 Mammography Experience Study Data Set

1.4.7 Benign Breast Disease Study

1.4.8 Exerbike Data Sets

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 2DESCRIBING POPULATIONS

2.1 Populations and Variables

2.1.1 Qualitative Variables

2.1.2 Quantitative Variables

2.1.3 Multivariate Data

2.2 Population Distributions and Parameters

2.2.1 Distributions

2.2.2 Describing a Population with Parameters

2.2.3 Proportions and Percentiles

2.2.4 Parameters Measuring Centrality

2.2.5 Measures of Dispersion

THE EMPIRICAL RULES

2.2.6 The Coefficient of Variation

2.2.7 Parameters for Bivariate Populations

2.3 Probability

THE AXIOMS OF PROBABILITY

2.3.1 Basic Probability Rules

2.3.2 Conditional Probability

2.3.3 Independence

INDEPENDENT EVENTS

2.3.4 The Relative Risk and the Odds Ratio

2.4 Probability Models

2.4.1 The Binomial Probability Model

THE BINOMIAL CONDITIONS

2.4.2 The Normal Probability Model

PROPERTIES OF A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

COMPUTING STANDARD NORMAL PROBABILITIES

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A STANDARD NORMAL AND A NON-STANDARD NORMAL

NON-STANDARD NORMAL PROBABILITIES

2.4.3 Z Scores

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 3RANDOM SAMPLING

3.1 Obtaining Representative Data

3.1.1 The Sampling Plan

DESIGNING THE SAMPLING PLAN

3.1.2 Probability Samples

THE PROCEDURE FOR DRAWING A RANDOM SAMPLE

PROPERTIES OF A RANDOM SAMPLE

3.2 Commonly Used Sampling Plans

3.2.1 Simple Random Sampling

THE SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING PROCEDURE

PROPERTIES OF A SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLE

3.2.2 Stratified Random Sampling

THE STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING PROCEDURE

PROPERTIES OF A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE

3.2.3 Cluster Sampling

THE CLUSTER SAMPLING PROCEDURE

PROPERTIES OF A RANDOM CLUSTER SAMPLE

3.2.4 Systematic Sampling

THE SYSTEMATIC SAMPLE PROCEDURE

3.3 Determining the Sample Size

3.3.1 The Sample Size for Simple and Systematic Random Samples

3.3.2 The Sample Size for a Stratified Random Sample

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 4SUMMARIZING RANDOM SAMPLES

4.1 Samples and Inferential Statistics

THE COMPONENTS OF A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

4.2 Inferential Graphical Statistics

4.2.1 Bar and Pie Charts

Example 4.1

4.2.2 Boxplots

CONSTRUCTING A SIMPLE BOXPLOT

Example 4.2

Example 4.3

CONSTRUCTING AN OUTLIER BOXPLOT

Example 4.4

A Procedure for Dealing with Outliers

Example 4.5

Example 4.6

Example 4.7

4.2.3 Histograms

CONSTRUCTING A RELATIVE FREQUENCY HISTOGRAM

Example 4.8

DENSITY HISTOGRAM

Example 4.9

Example 4.10

SOME COMMENTS ON USING HISTOGRAMS

Example 4.11

4.2.4 Normal Probability Plots

THE FAT PENCIL TEST

Example 4.12

4.3 Numerical Statistics for Univariate Data Sets

4.3.1 Estimating Population Proportions

ESTIMATING A PROPORTION

Example 4.13

Example 4.14

Example 4.15

Example 4.16

Example 4.17

Example 4.18

Example 4.19

4.3.2 Estimating Population Percentiles

ESTIMATING A PERCENTILE

Example 4.20

4.3.3 Estimating the Mean, Median, and Mode

PARAMETERS OF CENTRALITY AND DISTRIBUTIONAL SHAPES

ESTIMATING A MODE

Example 4.21

ESTIMATING THE MEAN

Example 4.22

Example 4.23

ESTIMATING THE MEDIAN

Example 4.24

Example 4.25

4.3.4 Estimating the Variance and Standard Deviation

ESTIMATING THE VARIANCE AND STANDARD DEVIATION

BoxComputing the Value of s2

Example 4.26

COMPUTATIONAL FORMULAS FOR s2

Example 4.27

ESTIMATING THE INTERQUARTILE RANGE

Example 4.28

4.3.5 Linear Transformations

Example 4.29

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS OF PARAMETERS

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ESTIMATED PARAMETERS

Example 4.30

Example 4.31

4.3.6 The Plug-in Rule for Estimation

Example 4.32

4.4 Statistics for Multivariate Data Sets

Example 4.33

4.4.1 Graphical Statistics for Bivariate Data Sets

4.4.2 Numerical Summaries for Bivariate Data Sets

THE POPULATION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

FACTS ABOUT THE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

FACTS ABOUT THE SAMPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT

BoxComputing the Sample Correlation Coefficient

INVESTIGATING PAIRWISE RELATIONSHIPS IN A MULTIVARIATE DATA SET

Example 4.34

4.4.3 Fitting Lines to Scatterplots

THE LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION LINE

Example 4.35

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 5MEASURING THE RELIABILITY OF STATISTICS

5.1 Sampling Distributions

PROPERTIES OF SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLES

Example 5.1

5.1.1 Unbiased Estimators

Example 5.2

UNBIASED ESTIMATORS

5.1.2 Measuring the Accuracy of an Estimator

Example 5.3

5.1.3 The Bound on the Error of Estimation

THE EMPIRICAL RULES FOR AN UNBIASED ESTIMATOR

Example 5.4

Example 5.5

5.2 The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion

5.2.1 The Mean and Standard Deviation of the Sampling Distribution of p^

Example 5.6

Example 5.7

5.2.2 Determining the Sample Size for a Prespecified Value of the Bound on the Error Estimation

THE SAMPLE SIZE REQUIRED FOR ESTIMATING A PROPORTION

Example 5.8

Example 5.9

5.2.3 The Central Limit Theorem for p^

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM (CLT) FOR p^

Example 5.10

5.2.4 Some Final Notes on the Sampling Distribution of p^

Properties of p^

5.3 The Sampling Distribution of x¯

5.3.1 The Mean and Standard Deviation of the Sampling Distribution of x¯

Example 5.11

Example 5.12

Example 5.13

5.3.2 Determining the Sample Size for a Prespecified Value of the Bound on the Error Estimation

THE SAMPLE SIZE REQUIRED FOR ESTIMATING A MEAN

Example 5.14

5.3.3 The Central Limit Theorem for x¯

THE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM FOR x¯

Example 5.15

EMPIRICAL RULES FOR THE SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF x¯

5.3.4 The t Distribution

THE t DISTRIBUTION

Example 5.16

5.3.5 Some Final Notes on the Sampling Distribution of x¯

THE KEY PROPERTIES OF x¯

5.4 Two Sample Comparisons

5.4.1 Comparing Two Population Proportions

Example 5.17

CASE 1: MINIMIZING THE VALUE OF B FOR A FIXED SAMPLE SIZE

Example 5.18

CASE 2: MINIMIZING THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR A FIXED VALUE OF B

Example 5.19

Case 3: Minimizing The Value of B for a Fixed Cost

Example 5.20

CASE 4: MINIMIZING THE COST FOR A FIXED VALUE OF B

Example 5.21

5.4.2 Comparing Two Population Means

Example 5.22

CASE 1: MINIMIZING B WHEN N IS FIXED

CASE 2: MINIMIZING N WHEN B IS FIXED

Example 5.23

CASE 3: MINIMIZING B WHEN THE COST IS FIXED

Example 5.24

CASE 4: MINIMIZING THE COST WHEN B IS FIXED

Example 5.25

5.5 Bootstrapping the Sampling Distribution of a Statistic

THE BOOSTRAP ALGORITHM FOR SE (T)

Example 5.26

BOOSTRAPPING SE (TX−TY)

Example 5.27

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 6CONFIDENCE INTERVALS. 6.1 Interval Estimation

AN INTERVAL ESTIMATOR BASED ON B

Example 6.1

LARGE SAMPLE INTERVAL ESTIMATORS BASED ON B

Example 6.2

6.2 Confidence Intervals

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL BOX MODEL

Example 6.3

6.3 Single Sample Confidence Intervals

6.3.1 Confidence Intervals for Proportions

LARGE SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR P

Example 6.4

LARGE SAMPLE ONE-SIDED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR P

Example 6.5

DETERMINING N FOR A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR A PROPORTION

Example 6.6

6.3.2 Confidence Intervals for a Mean

6.3.3 Large Sample Confidence Intervals for µ

LARGE SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR A MEAN

Example 6.7

6.3.4 Small Sample Confidence Intervals for µ

SMALL SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR A MEAN

Example 6.8

Example 6.9

6.3.5 DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE MEAN

Determining The Sample Size for a Confidence Interval µ

Example 6.10

6.4 Bootstrap Confidence Intervals

THE BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVAL PROCEDURE

Example 6.11

6.5 Two Sample Comparative Confidence Intervals

6.5.1 Confidence Intervals for Comparing Two Proportions

LARGE SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR pX−pY

Example 6.12

LARGE SAMPLE ONE-SIDED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR pX−pY

Example 6.13

DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR pX−pY

Example 6.14

6.5.2 Confidence Intervals for the Relative Risk

A LARGE SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE RELATIVE RISK

Example 6.15

6.5.3 Confidence Intervals for the Odds Ratio

A LARGE SAMPLE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE ODDS RATIO

Example 6.16

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 7TESTING STATISTICAL HYPOTHESES. 7.1 Hypothesis Testing

Example 7.1

7.1.1 The Components of a Hypothesis Test

Example 7.2

HYPOTHESIS TESTS FOR θ

Example 7.3

Example 7.4

TESTING ERRORS

Example 7.5

Example 7.6

7.1.2 P-Values and Significance Testing

P-VALUES

Example 7.7

DECISION RULES BASED ON P-VALUES

Example 7.8

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR INTERPRETING P-VALUES

7.2 Testing Hypotheses about Proportions

7.2.1 Single Sample Tests of a Population Proportion

HYPOTHESIS TESTS FOR PROPORTIONS

Example 7.9

P-VALUES FOR THE LARGE SAMPLE Z-TEST

Example 7.10

Example 7.11

Example 7.12

7.2.2 Comparing Two Population Proportions

HYPOTHESIS TESTS FOR COMPARING TWO PROPORTIONS

P-VALUES FOR A Z-TEST

7.2.3 Tests of Independence

REJECTION REGION FOR A TEST OF INDEPENDENCE FOR DICHOTOMOUS VARIABLES

REJECTION REGION FOR A TEST OF INDEPENDENCE OF POLYTOMOUS VARIABLES

7.3 Testing Hypotheses About Means

7.3.1 t-Tests

P-VALUES FOR A T-TEST

7.3.2 t-Tests for the Mean of a Population

7.3.3 Paired Comparison t-Tests

7.3.4 Two Independent Sample t-Tests

THE TWO SAMPLE t STATISTIC

7.4 Some Final Comments on Hypothesis Testing

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 8SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION

8.1 Bivariate Data, Scatterplots, and Correlation

8.1.1 Scatterplots

8.1.2 Correlation

8.2 The Simple Linear Regression Model

THE SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION PROCEDURE

8.2.1 The Simple Linear Regression Model

8.2.2 Assumptions of the Simple Linear Regression Model

ASSUMPTIONS FOR A SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL

THE DISTRIBUTION OF Y = β0 + β1X + ϵ

8.3 Fitting a Simple Linear Regression Model

8.4 Assessing the Assumptions and Fit of a Simple Linear Regression Model

8.4.1 Residuals

8.4.2 Residual Diagnostics

8.4.3 Estimating σ and Assessing the Strength of the Linear Relationship

8.5 Statistical Inferences based on a Fitted Model

8.5.1 Inferences About β0

8.5.2 Inferences About β1

8.6 Inferences about the Response Variable

8.6.1 Inferences About μY|X

8.6.2 Inferences for Predicting Values of Y

8.7 Model Validation

8.7.1 Selecting the Training and Validation Data Sets

8.7.2 Validating a Fitted Model

8.8 Some Final Comments on Simple Linear Regression

SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 9MULTIPLE REGRESSION

THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION PROCEDURE

9.1 Investigating Multivariate Relationships

9.2 The Multiple Linear Regression Model

THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF A MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL

9.2.1 The Assumptions of a Multiple Regression Model

THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR A MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL

9.3 Fitting a Multiple Linear Regression Model

9.4 Assessing the Assumptions of a Multiple Linear Regression Model

IDENTIFYING AND CURING A COLLINEARITY PROBLEM

9.4.1 Residual Diagnostics

MODELING CURVILINEAR RELATIONSHIPS

9.4.2 Detecting Multivariate Outliers and Influential Observations

9.5 Assessing the Adequacy of Fit of a Multiple Regression Model

9.5.1 Estimating σ

9.5.2 The Coefficient of Determination

9.5.3 Multiple Regression Analysis of Variance

MULTIPLE REGRESSION SUM OF SQUARES

9.6 Statistical Inferences-Based Multiple Regression Model

9.6.1 Inferences about the Regression Coefficients

9.6.2 Inferences About the Response Variable

9.7 Comparing Multiple Regression Models

THE EXTRA SUM OF SQUARES F-TEST

9.8 Multiple Regression Models with Categorical Variables

9.8.1 Regression Models with Dummy Variables

9.8.2 Testing the Importance of Categorical Variables

COMPARING DUMMY VARIABLE MODELS

9.9 Variable Selection Techniques

THE GENERAL VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURE

9.9.1 Model Selection Using Maximum Radj2

THE MAXIMUM Radj2 VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURE

9.9.2 Model Selection using BIC

THE BIC VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURE

9.10 Model Validation

9.10.1 Selecting the Training and Validation Data Sets

9.10.2 Validating a Fitted Model

9.11 Some Final Comments on Multiple Regression

THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION PROCEDURE

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 10LOGISTIC REGRESSION

10.1 The Logistic Regression Model

Example 10.2

Example 10.3

10.1.1 Assumptions of the Logistic Regression Model

ASSUMPTIONS OF A LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL

10.2 Fitting a Logistic Regression Model

Example 10.4

10.3 Assessing the Fit of a Logistic Regression Model

10.3.1 Checking the Assumptions of a Logistic Regression Model

Detecting Collinearities in Logistic Regression

Example 10.5

10.3.2 Testing for the Goodness of Fit of a Logistic Regression Model

Example 10.6

Example 10.7

10.3.3 Model Diagnostics

Example 10.8

Example 10.9

Example 10.10

Example 10.11

Example 10.12

10.4 Statistical Inferences Based on a Logistic Regression Model

10.4.1 Inferences about the Logistic Regression Coefficients

Example 10.13

Example 10.14

10.4.2 Comparing Models

BoxDrop-in-Deviance Test

Example 10.15

Example 10.16

10.5 Variable Selection

VARIABLE SELECTION IN LOGISTIC REGRESSION

THE BIC VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR LOGISTIC REGRESSION

Example 10.17

10.6 Classification with Logistic Regression

10.6.1 The Logistic Classifier

THE LOGISTIC REGRESSION CLASSIFIER

Example 10.18

10.6.2 Misclassification Errors

Example 10.19

10.7 Some Final Comments on Logistic Regression

THE LOGISTIC REGRESSION PROCEDURE

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 11DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS

11.1 Experiments Versus Observational Studies

Example 11.1

Example 11.2

Example 11.3

EXPERIMENTS VERSUS OBSERVATION STUDIES

11.2 The Basic Principles of Experimental Design

11.2.1 Terminology

Example 11.4

11.2.2 Designing an Experiment

ADVANTAGES OF RANDOMIZATION

11.3 Experimental Designs

Example 11.5

Example 11.6

11.3.1 The Completely Randomized Design

CRD RANDOMIZATION METHOD I

CRD RANDOMIZATION METHOD II

Example 11.7

Example 11.8

Example 11.9

11.3.2 The Randomized Block Design

RBD RANDOMIZATION

Example 11.10

Example 11.11

11.4 Factorial Experiments

Example 11.12

Example 11.13

Example 11.14

11.4.1 Two-Factor Experiments

Example 11.15

Example 11.16

11.4.2 Three-Factor Experiments

Example 11.17

Example 11.18

11.5 Models for Designed Experiments

11.5.1 The Model for a Completely Randomized Design

THE LINEAR MODEL FOR A COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED DESIGN

Example 11.19

11.5.2 The Model for a Randomized Block Design

THE LINEAR MODEL FOR A RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN

Example 11.20

11.5.3 Models for Experimental Designs with a Factorial Treatment Structure

THE LINEAR MODEL FOR A TWO-FACTOR TREATMENT STRUCTURE

THE LINEAR MODEL FOR A THREE-FACTOR TREATMENT STRUCTURE

11.6 Some Final Comments of Designed Experiments

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 12ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE

12.1 Single-Factor Analysis of Variance

ASSUMPTIONS OF THE SINGLE-FACTOR LINEAR MODEL

12.1.1 Partitioning the Total Experimental Variation

12.1.2 The Model Assumptions

Example 12.2

Example 12.3

12.1.3 The F-test

Example 12.4

12.1.4 Comparing Treatment Means

Example 12.5

HAND CALCULATIONS FOR THE BONFERRONI PROCEDURE

Example 12.6

Example 12.7

12.2 Randomized Block Analysis of Variance

12.2.1 The ANOV Table for the Randomized Block Design

SS’S IN A RANDOMIZED BLOCK ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE

12.2.2 The Model Assumptions

Example 12.8

12.2.3 The F-test

Example 12.9

12.2.4 Separating the Treatment Means

Example 12.10

Example 12.11

Example 12.12

12.3 Multi factor Analysis of Variance

12.3.1 Two-Factor Analysis of Variance

THE TESTING PROCEDURE IN A TWO-FACTOR ANOV

Example 12.13

THE BONFERRONI CRITICAL DISTANCE D

Example 12.14

Example 12.15

12.3.2 Three-Factor Analysis of Variance

THE TESTING PROCEDURE IN A THREE-FACTOR ANOV

Example 12.16

12.4 Selecting the Number of Replicates in Analysis of Variance

12.4.1 Determining the Number of Replicates from the Power

Example 12.17

Example 12.18

12.4.2 Determining the Number of Replicates from D

Example 12.19

12.5 Some Final Comments on Analysis of Variance

Glossary

Exercises

CHAPTER 13SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

13.1 The Kaplan–Meier Estimate of the Survival Function

Example 13.1

Example 13.2

13.2 The Proportional Hazards Model

THE ASSUMPTIONS OF A PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL

Example 13.3

Example 13.4

13.3 Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis

Example 13.5

13.4 Some Final Comments on Survival Analysis

Glossary

Exercises

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A

Problem Solutions. Solutions for Chapter 1

Solutions for Chapter 2

Solutions for Chapter 3

Solutions for Chapter 4

Solutions for Chapter 5

Chapter 6 – Solutions

Solutions for Chapter 7

Solutions for Chapter 8

Solutions for Chapter 9

Solutions for Chapter 10

Solutions for Chapter 11

Solutions for Chapter 12

Solutions for Chapter 13

INDEX

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A probability is a number between 0 and 1 that measures how likely it is for an event to occur. Probabilities are associated with tasks or experiment where the outcome cannot be determined without actually carrying out the task. A task where the outcome cannot be predetermined is called a random experiment or a chance experiment. For example, prior to treatment it cannot be determined whether chemotherapy will improve a cancer patient’s health. Thus, the result of a chemotherapy treatment can be treated as a chance experiment before chemotherapy is started. Similarly, when drawing a random sample from the target population, the actual values of the sample will not be known until the sample is actually collected. Hence, drawing a random sample from the target population is a chance experiment.

Because statistical inferences are based on a sample from the population rather than a census of the population, the statistical inferences will have a degree of uncertainty associated with them. The measures of reliability for statistical inferences drawn from a sample are based on the underlying probabilities associated with the target population.

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