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119Part 2 / Basic Tools of Research: Sampling , Measurement, Distributions, and Descriptive StatisticsChapter 9Distributions: population , Sampleand Sampling DistributionsIn the three preceding chapters we covered the three major steps in gathering and describingdistributions of data. We described procedures for drawing samples from the populations wewish to observe; for specifying indicators that measure the amount of the concepts contained inthe Sample observations; and, in the last Chapter , ways to describe a set of data, or a this Chapter we will expand the idea of a distribution , and discuss different types of distri-butions and how they are related to one another. Let us begin with a more formal definition of theterm distribution :A distribution is a statement of the frequency with which units of analysis (or cases) are as-signed to the various classes or categories that make up a refresh your memory, a variable can consist of a number of classes or categories.

121 Part 2 / Basic Tools of Research: Sampling, Measurement, Distributions, and Descriptive Statistics Sample Distribution As was discussed in Chapter 5, we are only interested in samples which are representative of the populations from which they have been drawn, so that we can make valid statistical …

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