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119 Part 2 / Basic Tools of Research: Sampling , Measurement, Distributions, and Descriptive StatisticsChapter 9 Distributions: 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.

119 Part 2 / Basic Tools of Research: Sampling, Measurement, Distributions, and Descriptive Statistics Chapter 9 Distributions: Population, Sample and Sampling Distributions I n the three preceding chapters we covered the three major steps in gathering and describing distributions of data. We described procedures for drawing samples from the ...

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