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. In order to improve the quality of products and services, we must remove the root causes of process _____. 
A. inference
B. variation
C. capability
D. changes

. Any characteristic of a population is called a _____. 
A. set
B. process
C. variable
D. census

. The goal of _____ is to stabilize and reduce the amount of process variation. 
A. Statistical Process Control
B. census taking
C. random sampling
D. statistical analysis

. A _____ is an examination of all the units in a population. 
A. random sampling with replacement
B. random sampling without replacement
C. statistical inference
D. census

. _____ is the difference between a numerical description of the population and the corresponding description of the sample. 
A. Variability
B. Statistical inference
C. Sampling error
D. Measurement error

. A _____ is a list of all the units in a population. 
A. census
B. frame
C. sample
D. variable

. The process of assigning a value of a variable to each unit in a population or sample is called _____. 
A. sampling
B. measurement
C. Statistical Process Control
D. observational analysis

. A ____ is a display of individual process measurements versus time. 
A. runs plot
B. statistical analysis
C. random sample
D. measurement

. Statistical _____ refers to using a sample of measurements making generalizations about the important aspects of a population. 
A. sampling
B. process control
C. analysis
D. inference

. A _____ is a subset of the units in a population. 
A. census
B. frame
C. sample
D. variable