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UNDERSTANDING
THE CONCEPT OF
SAMPLING
Sample
A bit of
6.1
A population is: the full collection of people
? or things.
A sample is:
some subset of the population
intended to represent the
?
population.
Advantages of
sampling
Cheaper/quicker than taking a census.
A bit of
6.2
Data obtained
from all members
of the population is
known
? as a
census.
Disadvantages of sampling
Sampl
e
The chosen
members of a
whole population
are called a
sample.
An investigation
using a sample is
called a sample
survey
6.4
THE
ADVANTAGES
AND
DISADVANTAGES
OF SAMPLING
Summary:
SOME
QUESTIONS