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the mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data and the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling.
The science of uncertainty, assigning probabilities to the reliability of estimates, to the reliability of conclusions, and to the likelihood of the outcome of future events. |
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| A portion of a population. |
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| All objects of a particular kind in the universe or in some designated subdivision of the universe. |
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| Means that each possible sample of the same size that could conceivably be drawn from this population has an equal probability of being drawn. |
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| The choice of any one individual for inclusion in a sample does not in any way change the probability that any other individual will be chosen, or that the occurrence of some event in our sample does not in any way influence the outcome of subsequent events in our sample. |
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