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What is the difference between Paramaeter & Statistics
What is the concept of operationalize????
What are focus groups
What is the meaning of lodging double variable, validity & liability
Explain Normal Distribution
What is mean, median mode
What is range & dispersion
What the independent & dependent variable
Explain exploration descriptive casuable research

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What is the difference between Parameter and Statistics
A parameter is a characteristic of a population; a population in this case related to parameter is defined as: collection of all possible individuals, objects, or measurements of interest. Whereas statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data to assist in making more effective decisions.

What is the concept of operationalize?
The term operationalize discusses how concepts are transformed into variables to make them measurable and subject to testing.

What are focus groups?
A focus group is a panel of people, led by a trained moderator, who meet for 90 minutes to 2 hours. The facilitator or moderator uses group dynamics principles to focus or guide the group in an exchange of ideas, feelings, and experiences on a specific topic. The focus group panel is usually made up of 6-10 respondents.

What is the meaning of lodging double variable, validity, and reliability?

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