{"id":1403,"date":"2017-02-08T21:02:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1403"},"modified":"2017-04-18T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:48:27","slug":"introduction-data-collection-basics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/chapter\/introduction-data-collection-basics\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction: Data Collection Basics","rendered":"Introduction: Data Collection Basics"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Determine whether a value calculated from a group\u00a0is a statistic or a parameter<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify the difference between a census and a sample<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify the population of a study<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determine whether a measurement\u00a0is categorical or qualitative<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn this lesson we will introduce some important terminology related to collecting data. When you are finished you will be able to identify the difference between terms like census and sample. \u00a0In the following lessons we will rely on your understanding of these terms, so study well!","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine whether a value calculated from a group\u00a0is a statistic or a parameter<\/li>\n<li>Identify the difference between a census and a sample<\/li>\n<li>Identify the population of a study<\/li>\n<li>Determine whether a measurement\u00a0is categorical or qualitative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this lesson we will introduce some important terminology related to collecting data. When you are finished you will be able to identify the difference between terms like census and sample. \u00a0In the following lessons we will rely on your understanding of these terms, so study well!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1403\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction and Learning Objectives. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":21,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction and Learning Objectives\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"f7d524f5-d4c7-443b-a76f-307178066e7b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1403","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":299,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1403\/revisions\/1456"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/299"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1403\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-mathforliberalarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}