A sampling distribution describes the data chosen for a sample from among a larger population.

The assumption is that the sample is representative of the entire population. Small-business owners use sampling when determining new market niches, products and satisfaction levels.

For estimating the mean of a finite population using information on an auxiliary variable, a class of estimators is defined as a function of the ratio of sample mean to population mean and the ratio ...

This makes the zero-group method advantageous to use at high population densities where counting becomes very tedious. (5) The overall spatial distribution of spider mites is predicted from an ...