Definition:Sample
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Definition
A sample is a non-empty, finite, proper subset of a population.
Sources
- 1972: Murray R. Spiegel and R.W. Boxer: Theory and Problems of Statistics (SI ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Variables and Graphs: Population and Sample. Descriptive and Inductive Statistics
- 2000: Murray R. Spiegel, John Schiller and R. Alu Srinivasan: Probability and Statistics (2nd ed.): $\S 5$