Statistical Population

Definition

Statistical Population. Statistical universe filtered by time and region

A common aim of statistical analysis is to produce information about some chosen population. In statistical inference, a subset of the population (a statistical sample) is chosen to represent the population in a statistical analysis. If a sample is chosen properly, characteristics of the entire population that the sample is drawn from can be estimated from corresponding characteristics of the sample.

See Also

• http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2079

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