ASQ Exam CSSGB Topic 10 Question 57 Discussion

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Question #: 57
Topic #: 10

With the use of Statistics we define the population to be a large enough sample set of data such that you can analyze it and draw conclusions as to all of the data.

ATrue

BFalse

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by Rosendo at Sep 14, 2024, 08:30 PM

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Lai

2 months ago

True, because who has time to analyze the entire population when you can just look at a 'large enough' sample. Efficiency, people!

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Kayleigh

23 days ago

But wouldn't it be more accurate to analyze the entire population?

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Maddie

24 days ago

B) False

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Rossana

25 days ago

Exactly, analyzing the entire population would be too time-consuming.

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Audry

28 days ago

A) True

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Lili

2 months ago

Hold up, are we talking about the population or the sample here? I'm getting confused, someone bring in the statistician's handbook!

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Raelene

2 months ago

Hmm, I thought the population was the entire universe of data, not just a sample. This question is a bit tricky.

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Tanesha

2 months ago

False, the population is the entire set of data, not just a sample. Didn't they teach us that in stats class?

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Malika

1 months ago

That's true, the population is the entire set of data, not just a sample. It's important to understand the difference.

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Jani

2 months ago

But in statistics, we often use a sample from the population to make inferences about the entire set of data.

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Vicki

2 months ago

True

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Jaclyn

3 months ago

True, that's the whole point of statistics - to study a representative sample of the population and make inferences about the larger group.

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Jackie

2 months ago

A) True

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Bok

2 months ago

Exactly, statistics allows us to make educated guesses about the entire population based on a smaller sample.

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Ceola

2 months ago

A) True

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Alesia

3 months ago

But don't you need a representative sample to draw conclusions about the entire population?

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Pete

3 months ago

I disagree, I believe it's false.

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Alesia

3 months ago

I think the statement is true.

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