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You have identified a population for your research study and selected a sample. What is the purpose of selecting a sample?

How are sample statistics different from population parameters?

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You have identified a population for your research study and selected a sample. What is the purpose of selecting a sample?

The purpose of selecting a sample is to find out things about the population. If you tried to gather data on the entire population, rather than a ...

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