12.07.2015 Views

Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Sample• A Sample is a subset <strong>of</strong> a population.A ‘census’ is a complete enumeration/sample <strong>of</strong> a population.Rare.Samples need to be ‘representative’. Only guaranteed by r<strong>and</strong>omselection.What if r<strong>and</strong>om sampling is impossible?- We have to assume that our sample is representative.- Not testable <strong>and</strong> dangerous. Faith in our procedure.10

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!