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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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Collecting data from all persons in the population of
interest is called
A) a block. B) a census. C) a cluster.
D) a sample. E) a stratum.

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Population of interest:

The population of interest includes all the individuals of interest. The overall group of objects about which conclusions are to be drawn is called the population.

Here, the population of interest is the average weight of the 75,000 employees of a company.

Census:

Census is a collection of data from the entire population. Census often results in complete information but takes more time to complete and it is also expensive to carry forward the whole process.

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