Populations and Samples Definitions

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Statistic
A random variable calculated from the observations of a sample
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Population
Collection of individual items
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Sample
selection of individual members of a population
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Finite Population
A polulation in which each individual member can be counted
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Infinite Population
A polulation in which it is impossible to count each individual member
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Sampling Unit
An individual member of a population
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Sampling Frame
List of sampling units/all members of a population
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Sampling Distribution
The probability distribution of a statistic, ie all possible values of a statistic and the probability of each occuring
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Collection of individual items

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Population

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selection of individual members of a population

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Card 4

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A polulation in which each individual member can be counted

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Card 5

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A polulation in which it is impossible to count each individual member

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