Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-11905-571-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-11905-571-6

Chapter 1 - Section 1.5 - Population Versus Sample - Exercises - Page 17: 1.15

Answer

Census is a survey that includes every member of the population, while a sample survey is a technique of collecting information from a portion of the population.

Work Step by Step

Conducting a sample survey is preferred because the target population is often very large, therefore it is difficult to identify each element of the target population. When we conduct a sample survey, we only need to collect the required information from the elements included in the sample.
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