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Learning Statistics with Python

Sample vs PopulationSample vs Population

Knowing statistics will broaden your horizons; you will be able to find statistical patterns and manipulating data. Let's start with the fundamental definitions: sample and population.

Sample vs Population

Sample

A sample is an unbiased subset of the population that contains characteristics of the population.

Population

The population is a set of identical items in our study of interest

Sample vs Population: Example

PopulationSample
Example:All the students in the classThe top 5 students in the class
Example:All students graduated from university100 random students graduated from university

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Section 1.

Chapter 1