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A small number of people used to represent a entire population?
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A small number of people used to represent an entire population is called a?
Sample
A smaller number of people used to represent an entire population is called a?
The use of a small number of people to represent a greater population is called sampling. The sample can be randomly chosen so that it is a reliable reflection of most of the population.
Who are the people and interests that senators represent?
Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts. The number of districts in each state is determined by a state's population. Each state has a minimum of one representative in Congress. The House and Senate have evolved into very different bodies.
A small number of people that are used to represent a much larger population?
A representative sample.
Who represents the people in the Senate?
Senators represent the people in the Senate. Each Senator represents between 1 and 37 million people depending on their state's population.
What is a segment of a population that is targeted for study?
A segment of a population targeted for study can be called a focus group. This is a small number of people that represent what you are wanting to learn more about.
What does the k-line represent on a population graph?
The k-line on a population graph represents carrying capacity. Carrying capacity refers to the number of people that can be supported without destroying the ecosystem.
Number of US citizens who play tennis?
The number of people in the United States that play tennis numbers about 21.2 million. That is almost equal to the entire population of Australia.
What is the population of Recife in Brazil?
The municipality of Recife, Brazil has a population of 1,555,039 people. The entire metro area has a population of 3,743,854 people.
How many people do the senators represent?
That would depend upon the population of the state that the Senator(s) represent.
What does a senator represent?
A senator represents the people in the state that elected him. All states have 2 senators but they're both representing the entire population. * I have found some states only have one. The website is www.senate.gov
What is the definition of Sample Size?
This question gets at the core of statistics. Statistics has two central ideas: a population, and a sample. All of statistics is an attempt of ways to understand the entire population without actually observing every entity within it - by choosing and observing only a sample (a sub-set) of the full population. As an example, if we wish to find the average ratio of males to females on the entire planet, we can do this one of two ways. Either we actually count every person on the planet and after a very lengthy process we will have the answer. Or alternatively, we can use statistics to simplify the effort by selecting a smaller group of people (we call this a sample) that we believe will accurately represent, without any bias, the entire planet's population. If we take this second approach, also called a sampling approach, one of the most important decision to take is the number of people to include in this group (in the sample). This number - known as the "Sample Size" - is the number of a population that will be evaluated as representing the entire population, and from which statistics will be derived. Choosing a sample size too large will require extra unnecessary effort, but one too small will not accurately represent the entire population (and the statistics or averages derived might not be correct - we won't even know IF the statistics are correct or incorrect - so we won't know if we need to repeat with another sample).
