It's not feasible to contact every member of the population, so only a sample, or a subset, of that population is included when conducting statistical research. The assumption is that the sample is ...

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Sampling is the process of creating a small unbiased population to be used in a test or experiment. The sample removes the impractical idea of surveying everyone in a market or a population. Random ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Representative sampling and random sampling ...