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Goal(s): Discover the impact of sample size on sampling error. The greater the sample size, the smaller the amount of sampling error.
How: Observe descriptive statistics and histograms for ten randomly selected samples of the specified size (5, 25, 100, and 1000). Notice the differences between the population and the samples, and among the samples themselves.
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Representative Sample
Representative Sample
A representative sample matches the important characteristics of the larger population.
Law of Large Numbers
Law of Large Numbers
As the sample size increases, randomly selected samples tend to better represent the population, and their estimates converge toward the true population parameter.
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