1. Seizures are not contagious. A seizure, whether you have watched one or experienced one yourself, is a very frightening experience. However, seizures are not contagiousâyou cannot have a seizure by coming into contact with or assisting someone having a seizure.
Definition of paragraph for Students. : a part of a piece of writing that is made up of one or more sentences and has to do with one topic or gives the words of one speaker.
Sample: A sample is a portion of a population selected for further analysis. How samples are obtained or types of sampling will be studied in lesson 7. Most any of the examples above for population could serve as a sample for the next higher level data set. The plural of statistic just above is another basic meaning of statistics. Assume there are 8 students in a particular statistics class, with 1 student being male. Since 1 is 12.5% of 8, we can say 13% are male. The 13% represents a parameter (not a statistic) of the class because it is based on the entire population.