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an attribute whose value is indicated by a number
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an attribute whose value is indicated by a label
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the variable that is being manipulated by the experimenter
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a study that manipulates the independent variable and that also has a control group
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different values or components of the explanatory variable applied in an experiment
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a number that is used to represent a population characteristic and that generally cannot be determined easily
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data organized by having an order with equal measurements between data points
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a characteristic of interest for each person or object in a population
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a group in a randomized experiment that receives an inactive treatment but is otherwise managed exactly as the other groups
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an inactive treatment that has no real effect on the explanatory variable
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data organized by having an order
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data categorized by name only
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data organized by having an order with equal measurements between data points that also has a true zero point
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a set of observations (a set of possible outcomes)
