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Sampling and bias · revision notes
The full group a study aims to describe.
Key ideas and conditions
Population
The full group a study aims to describe.
Sample
The observed subset used to learn about a population.
Sampling bias
Systematic distortion caused by how observations are selected.
Random sample
A probability-based selection design that gives defined selection chances.
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