Statistical Unit

From GM-RKB
Jump to navigation Jump to search

A Statistical Unit is an entity that is analyzed by a statistical analysis.



References

2013

  • (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_unit
    • A unit in a statistical analysis refers to one member of a set of entities being studied. It is the material source for the mathematical abstraction of a “random variable”. Common examples of a unit would be a single person, animal, plant, or manufactured item that belongs to a larger collection of such entities being studied.

      Units are often referred to as being either experimental units, sampling units or, more generally, units of observation:

      • An "experimental unit" is typically thought of as one member of a set of objects that are initially equivalent, with each object then subjected to one of several experimental treatments.
      • A "sampling unit" is typically thought of as an object that has been sampled from a statistical population. This term is commonly used in opinion polling and survey sampling.