P.Mean: Glossary for my second book (created 2010-08-11).

As I mentioned in an earlier webpage, I am talking to some publishers about writing a second book. Here's a tentative glossary for that book. I'm only including the terms in the glossary for now, but will eventually add definitions.

• Alpha level
• Alternative hypothesis
• Beta level
• Block randomization
• Confidence interval
• Convenience sample
• Null hypothesis
• Power
• Random sample
• Sampling frame
• Type I error
• Type II error

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