Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321757270
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-727-2

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 11: 2

Answer

Population: it is the set of all individuals to be studied. Sample: then we pick some individuals of the population to study. They are called a sample of the population.

Work Step by Step

Suppose we have 50 students in a class. The 50 students are the population. But if you select 20 students only, this is a sample.
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