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Population / Sample |
Population: P
Any finite or infinite collection
of individual things - objects or event
The universe or complete collection of object or events
Set of all elements
Examples: All registered voters in the USA
All ammunition produced on July 4th, 1999
All Bald Eagles in North America
Sample: n
A portion of a population, usually
incomplete
A subset of a set of all elements
Examples: All random set of 12,000 registered
voters in the USA
10% of all ammunition produced on July 4th, 1999
40 of the many Bald Eagles in North America