{"id":1685,"date":"2023-07-03T20:22:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1685"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:18:04","slug":"module-1-background-youll-need-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/module-1-background-youll-need-2\/","title":{"raw":"Module 1: Background You'll Need 2","rendered":"Module 1: Background You&#8217;ll Need 2"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Know the statistical definition of the word <strong><em>random<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>The Word Random<\/h2>\r\n<p>The use of the word <strong><em>random<\/em><\/strong> in everyday language might be like saying:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201dI saw a <em>random<\/em> person with a cat on his head in New York.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_647\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"383\"]<img class=\"wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5826\/2022\/08\/26181729\/Picture14.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of a man with a cat on his head.\" width=\"383\" height=\"256\" \/> Figure 1. A man in New York City with a cat on his head may be considered random, but in statistics, random means something else.\u00a0[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<section class=\"textbox keyTakeaway\">\r\n<div>\r\n<h3>random<\/h3>\r\n\r\nThe word <strong><em>random<\/em><\/strong> in statistics is used to describe things like objects pulled from a hat, a dice roll, or even a coin flip\u2014every outcome has an equal chance of occurring.<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<p>The word\u00a0<strong><em>random<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is often used when finding people to study, or choosing where to collect data from. 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